"dunam" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdʊn.əm/ Forms: dunams [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊnəm Etymology: From Hebrew דּוּנָם (dunam) 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”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|he|דּוּנָם|tr=dunam}} Hebrew דּוּנָם (dunam), {{bor|en|ar|دُونُم}} Arabic دُونُم (dūnum), {{der|en|tr|dönüm}} Turkish dönüm, {{der|en|gkm|στρέμμα||stremma|lit=that which is turned}} Byzantine Greek στρέμμα (strémma, “stremma”, literally “that which is turned”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} dunam (plural dunams)
  1. (historical) 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. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Units of measure
    Sense id: en-dunam-en-noun-xUi4pkpF Disambiguation of Units of measure: 34 37 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 35 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 31 35 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 39 36
  2. A modern Turkish unit of surface area equal to a decare (1000 m²), equivalent to the modern Greek stremma. Categories (topical): Units of measure
    Sense id: en-dunam-en-noun-dR25IlSC Disambiguation of Units of measure: 34 37 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 35 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 31 35 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 39 36
  3. 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). Categories (topical): Units of measure
    Sense id: en-dunam-en-noun-DvBxepaW Disambiguation of Units of measure: 34 37 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 35 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 31 35 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 39 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: stremma, old stremma, Turkish stremma, Ottoman stremma

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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