Meanings
nounDönmeh pl (plural only)
alternative Donmeh · alternative Dönme · alternative Donme · alternative Dunmeh
- historicalpluralplural onlyA group of crypto-Jews in the Ottoman Empire who, to avoid imprisonment after declaring arrival of the doomsday messiah, converted publicly to Islam, but retained their Jewish beliefs in secret.
Origin
- Ottoman Turkishدونمه
- TurkishDönme
- EnglishDönmeh
From Turkish Dönme, from Ottoman Turkish دونمه (dönme), of a root prefix meaning "turn" or "convert".
More words from Turkish, Ottoman Turkish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic دُونْمَة
- دُونْمَة (dūnma)Sabbatean crypto-Jews
Bulgarian Дьонме
- Дьонме (Djonme)Sabbatean crypto-Jews
Catalan Dönme, Dönmeh
- DönmeSabbatean crypto-Jews
- DönmehSabbatean crypto-Jews
French Dönme
- DönmeSabbatean crypto-Jews
German Dönme
- DönmeSabbatean crypto-Jews
Greek Ντονμέ
- Ντονμέ (Ntonmé)Sabbatean crypto-Jews
Hebrew דוֹנְמֶה
- דוֹנְמֶהSabbatean crypto-Jews
Hindi दोनुमा, दूनुमा
- दोनुमा (donumā)Sabbatean crypto-Jews
- दूनुमा (dūnumā)Sabbatean crypto-Jews
Italian Dunmeh, Dönmeh
- DunmehSabbatean crypto-Jews
- DönmehSabbatean crypto-Jews
Persian دونمه
- دونمه (dunme)Sabbatean crypto-Jews
Polish Donmeh, Dönme
- DonmehSabbatean crypto-Jews
- DönmeSabbatean crypto-Jews
Portuguese Dönme, Dönmeh
- DönmeSabbatean crypto-Jews
- DönmehSabbatean crypto-Jews
- DoenmehSabbatean crypto-Jews
- DunmehSabbatean crypto-Jews
Russian Дёнме
- Дёнме (Djónme)Sabbatean crypto-Jews
Spanish Dönmeh
- DönmehSabbatean crypto-Jews
Urdu دونمہ
- دونمہ (dūnma)Sabbatean crypto-Jews
Yiddish דענמע
- דענמע (denme)Sabbatean crypto-Jews
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APA
Dönmeh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/D%C3%B6nmeh
MLA
“Dönmeh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/D%C3%B6nmeh. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dönmeh,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/D%C3%B6nmeh.
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