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dunams

/ˈdʌnəmz/

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noun

Dunam, Flächenmaß

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.

Examples :

"The farmer estimated he needed to buy at least five dunams of land to grow enough wheat for the village. "

Der Bauer schätzte, dass er mindestens fünf Dunam Land kaufen musste, um genug Weizen für das Dorf anzubauen.

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noun

Dezimalar, ein türkisches Flächenmaß

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

Examples :

"A farmer in Turkey owns five dunams of land where he grows olives. "

Ein Bauer in der Türkei besitzt fünf Dezimalar Land, auf dem er Oliven anbaut.

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Diverse andere Einheiten im ehemaligen Osmanischen Reich, meistens dem Dekar gleichgesetzt, aber manchmal unterschiedlich (wie im Irak, wo es 2500 m2 sind).

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).

Examples :

"The land area of the family farm was measured in dunams, a unit common in the region, which was roughly equivalent to a hectare. "

Die Landfläche der Familienfarm wurde in Dunam gemessen, einer in der Region üblichen Einheit, die ungefähr einem Hektar entsprach.

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