Dönmeh (English, noun)
expansion: Dönmeh pl (plural only)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
tags: historical
plural
plural-only
Forms:
form: Donmeh
tags: alternative
form: Dönme
tags: alternative
form: Donme
tags: alternative
form: Dunmeh
tags: alternative