daf

See also: Daf, DAF, DaF, and daF

English
Men in white robes with instruments
A Saudi man playing a daf (front)

Etymology 1

From either Persian or Arabic دَف (daf), from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭯 (dap).

Noun

daf (plural dafs)

  1. (music) A large frame drum, resembling a tambourine, used to accompany popular and classical music in the Middle East.
    • 2008 May 30, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times‎:
      MOHAMMAD REZA SHAJARIAN (Thursday) Renowned in his native Iran, the vocalist Mohammad Reza Shajarian has been performing since the 1960s, and is now widely considered one of the finest classical Persian singers in the world. Mr. Shajarian’s son, Homayoun Shajarian, will provide additional vocals and tombak (goblet drum), while Ensemble Ava, a four-piece, will contribute additional instrumentation on the ancient Persian instruments barbat (short-necked lute), tar (long-necked lute), kamancheh (spike fiddle) and daf (frame drum).

Alternative forms

Phrase

daf

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of dumb as fuck.

Anagrams

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German (*)douv, northern variant of toub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz. Cognate with German taub, English deaf, Dutch doof, Icelandic daufur.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /daːf/
  • Rhymes: -aːf
  • Homophone: Daf

Adjective

daf (masculine dawen, neuter daaft, comparative méi daf, superlative am daafsten)

  1. deaf

Declension
declension of daf
number and gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative hien ass daf si ass daf et ass daf si si(nn) daf
nominative /
accusative		 attributive and/or after determiner dawen daf daaft daf
independent without determiner dawes dawer
dative after any declined word dawen dawer dawen dawen
as first declined word dawem dawem

Derived terms

Volapük

Noun

daf (nominative plural dafs)

  1. badger

Declension
declension of daf
singular plural
nominative daf dafs
genitive dafa dafas
dative dafe dafes
accusative dafi dafis
vocative 1 o daf! o dafs!
predicative 2 dafu dafus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Yola

Verb

daf

  1. Alternative form of doff
    • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 6:
      "If thou dinna gow on chul daf thee yola skien."
      "If you don't go on I'll strip your old skin."

References
  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 132
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