Dunam

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdÊŠn.É™m/
• Rhymes: -ÊŠnÉ™m

Origin

From Hebrew דונם or Arabic دونم, from Turkish dönüm, from dönmek ("to go round").

OED, 2nd edition (1989, online)

Full definition of dunam

Noun

1. A variable measure of land area in the Ottoman Empire and its successor states: the amount of land that can be plowed in a day, now often standardized as one decare (1000 m²), but sometimes as much as 2500 m² (in Iraq).
• unknown date, James Joyce, Ulysses (novel):You pay eight marks and they plant a dunam of land for you with olives, oranges, almonds or citrons.

Anagrams

• maund, undam