Dunam

Quick meaning: Dunam is a noun meaning A modern Turkish unit of surface area equal to a decare (1000 m²), equivalent to the modern Greek stremma.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. 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).
2. (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.

Example Sentences

You pay eight marks and they plant a dunam of land for you with olives, oranges, almonds or citrons.

Word Forms

• dunams
• dunum

Synonyms for dunam

Depending on context, synonyms include stremma.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dunum, donum, stremma, dirhem, ochdamh, yusdrum.

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