daf

See also: Daf, DAF, DaF, and daF

English

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^[1]:

     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).

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• DAF

Phrase

daf

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

Anagrams

• ADF, D.F.A., DFA, FAD, FDA, fad

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

• Dafheet
• dafstomm

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, 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