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dunam

/ˈdʊn.əm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables
dunam
IPA
/ˈdʊn.əm/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Ottoman Turkish unit of surface area nominally equal to 1,600 square (Turkish) paces but actually varied at a provincial and local level according to land quality to accommodate its colloquial sense of the amount of land able to be plowed in a day, roughly equivalent to the Byzantine stremma or English acre.

noun

A modern Turkish unit of surface area equal to a decare (1000 m²), equivalent to the modern Greek stremma.

noun

Various other units in other areas of the former Ottoman Empire, usually equated to the decare but sometimes varying (as in Iraq, where it is 2500 m²).

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Hebrew דּוּנָם (dúnam) or Arabic دُونُم (dūnum), from Turkish dönüm, from dönmek (“to turn”). A probable calque of Byzantine Greek στρέμμα (strémma, “stremma”, literally “that which is turned”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: דּוּנָם, دُونُم, dönüm, στρέμμα

Inflected Forms

dunams (plural) donum (alternative) dunum (alternative)

Synonyms

stremma old stremma Turkish stremma Ottoman stremma

Questions

How do you pronounce dunam?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdʊn.əm/.
What does dunam mean?
An Ottoman Turkish unit of surface area nominally equal to 1,600 square (Turkish) paces but actually varied at a provincial and local level according to land quality to accommodate its colloquial sense of the amount of land able to be plowed in a day, roughly equivalent to the Byzantine stremma or English acre.
Where does dunam come from?
It is traced to Hebrew.

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