Dönüm
/døˈnym/noun
A traditional Turkish unit of land area, historically varying in size and now commonly standardized at 1,000 square metres.
Did you know?The dönüm was not always a fixed measurement: its size varied by region and was historically connected to the area that could be worked or turned over.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Turkic
Proto-Turkic
*tön-
“To turn or return; the reconstructed verbal ancestor of the Turkish root.”
Old Anatolian Turkish
Turkish
dönmek
“To turn, revolve, or return.”
Ottoman Turkish
Ottoman Turkish
dönüm
“A turning; a measure of land associated with agricultural work.”
17th–19th Century
Turkish
dönüm
“A variable traditional unit of agricultural land used across the Ottoman Empire.”
Modern English
English
donum
“An English form of the Turkish land measure, commonly defined as 1,000 square metres.”