Definitions For Dunam
Noun
DUNAM (plural DUNAMs) (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. A modern turkish unit of surface area equal to a decare (1000 m², m2), equivalent to the modern greek stremma. various, 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).Synonyms
stremma, old stremma, turkish stremma, ottoman stremmaEtymology
From {{etyl, he, en}} דּוּנָם, tr=dunam{{attention, he, needs stress}} or {{etyl, ar, en}} دُونُم, from {{etyl, tr, en}} dönüm, from dönmek, , to turn.OED, 2nd edition (1989, online) A probable calque of {{etyl, gkm, en}} unit στρέμμα, , stremma, lit=that which is turned.Anagrams
Duman, Munda, mandu, maund, undam, unmadIs Dunam a Scrabble Word?
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Scrabble
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Words with Friends
11
The word Dunam is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends