daf
daf noun: a large frame drum, resembling a tambourine, used to accompany popular and classical music in the Middle East. Also the initialism of dumb as fuck.
Noun (1)
daf (plural dafs)
- A large frame drum, resembling a tambourine, used to accompany popular and classical music in the Middle East.
- 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...2008 May 30, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2022
Noun (2)
daf (plural dafim)
Noun (3) capitalized: DAF
DAF (countable and uncountable, plural DAFs)
- Acronym of Delivered At Frontier.
- Acronym of delayed auditory feedback.
- Acronym of donor-advised fund.
Adjective capitalized: DAF
DAF (not comparable)
- Alternative letter-case form of daf (“dumb as fuck”).
Proper noun (1) capitalized: DAF
DAF
- Initialism of Dutch Automobile Federation.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: DAF
DAF
- Acronym of Dictionnaire de l’Académie française.
Proper noun (3) capitalized: DAF
DAF
- The German Labour Front.
- Keen to avoid civil unrest and thus give the Americans a pretext to take it back, French authorities allowed Stuttgart’s antifascists considerable leeway in dismantling the Nazi-era German Labor Front (DAF), rebuilding shop-floor organization in the factories, and organizing the population in...2017 May, Loren Balhorn, “The Lost History of Antifa”, in Jacobin Magazine
Also used as
daf is also the initialism of dumb as fuck.
Forms of daf
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dafs |
| plural | dafim |
| plural | DAFs |
| Phrase | |
| alternative form | DAF |
Origin of daf
Borrowed from Persian and Arabic دَف (daf).
Borrowed from Hebrew דַּף.
Borrowed from French DAF (“Dictionnaire de l’Académie française”).
Questions about daf
- What does daf mean?
- Daf means a large frame drum, resembling a tambourine, used to accompany popular and classical music in the Middle East.
- What part of speech is daf?
- Daf can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of daf?
- The plural of daf is dafs.
Words near daf in the dictionary
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