daf

See also: Daf, DAF, DaF, and daF

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Dan with f as a placeholder.

Symbol

daf

1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 639-3 language code for Dan.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Dan terms

English

A Saudi man playing a daf (front)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian and Arabic دَف (daf).

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 The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 9 April 2022:

     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

Borrowed from Hebrew דַּף.

Noun

daf (plural dafim)

1. A (double-sided) page of the Talmud.

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• DAF

Phrase

daf

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

Anagrams

• F.D.A., DFA, ADF, FDA, AfD, fad, FAD, D.F.A.

Gullah

Alternative forms

• def, defu

Etymology

From Vai defu ("flour from any edible grain").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑf/, /def/, /defu/

Noun

daf

1. rice flour
2. rice cake
3. corn cakes

References

• Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969)

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German (*)douv, northern variant of toub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz.

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

		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
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 (genitive dafa, plural dafs)

1. badger

Declension

Declension of daf

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	daf	dafs
Genitive	dafa	dafas
Dative	dafe	dafes
Accusative	dafi	dafis
Predicative1	dafu	dafus
Vocative	o daf	o dafs

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Further reading

• “daf”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)

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 ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎^[2], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 132