Daf

adj, name, noun, phrase

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Acronym of Delivered At Frontier. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    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 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)."

  3. 3
    Acronym of delayed auditory feedback. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Acronym of donor-advised fund. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of daf (“dumb as fuck”). Internet, alt-of, not-comparable
Phrase
  1. 1
    Initialism of dumb as fuck. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Dutch Automobile Federation. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Acronym of Dictionnaire de l’Académie française. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  3. 3
    The German Labour Front. Nazism, historical

    "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 cross-party antifascist alliances."

Synonyms

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diaminofluoresceindiaminofluorescein

Example

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"Hundreds of young Yazidis are being taught the techniques and instruments of their culture, including a sacred stringed instrument known as a tabor, and the daf, a type of frame drum."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French DAF (“Dictionnaire de l’Académie française”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German DAF (“Deutsche Arbeitsfront”).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Persian and Arabic دَف (daf).

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frame drummiddle east

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