Dönmeh

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Etymology

From Turkish Dönme, from Ottoman Turkish دونمه (dönme), of 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 avoid imprisonment after declaring arrival of the doomsday messiah, converted publicly to Islam, but retained their Jewish beliefs in secret.

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