Dönmeh

English

Etymology

From Turkish Dönme, from a root prefix meaning "turn" or "convert".

Noun

Dönmeh pl (plural only)

  1. (historical) A group of crypto-Jews in the Ottoman Empire who, to escape the inferior condition of dhimmis, converted publicly to Islam, but were said to have retained their beliefs.

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