Dönüümlü

Dönüümlü is a Turkish term used in regional or historical texts to denote land or property described in dönüm units, a traditional measure of area. The core idea is that the size of the land is counted in multiples of dönüm, with the exact usage varying by region and period.

Etymology: The word is formed from dönüm, the unit of area, plus the attributive suffix -lü, meaning “having” or “characterized by.” The spelling “dönüümlü” is nonstandard and appears in a few old manuscripts or informal writings; modern Turkish typically uses dönümlü or dönümlük to express the same idea.

Historical context: In the Ottoman period and the early Turkish Republic, land records, registers, and tax documents often used dönüm as the basic measurement for fields and parcels. The precise size of a dönüm could vary regionally before standardization, and the term persists in some dialects of rural speech.

Modern usage: Today, formal land measurement in Turkey uses hectares, but dönüm-based descriptions remain common in everyday speech and in agricultural or real estate contexts, especially when referring to legacy plots. For example, a buyer might speak of a “10 dönümlük tarla” in casual conversation, even though official documents convert the area to hectares or square meters.

See also: dönüm, hectare, tarla, arsa, Osmanlı ölçüleri.