دف

العربية

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دف

Where it comes from

A more primitive form of دَفَعَ (dafaʕa, “to push, to propel”), and its resultant noun, already formed before Arabic, though Aramaic דפא / ܕܦܐ (dappā, “board”) is believed to derive from Sumerian 𒁳 (DAB, “board”) / 𒁾 (DUB, “board”).

verb دَفَّ · daffa · يَدِفُّ · دَفِيف · دَافّ

to flap the wings (of a bird)

noun دَفّ · daff · دُفُوف · الدَّفّ

side, lateral surface

noun دُفّ · دَفّ · duff · daff · دُفُوف

tambourine

In English

tambourine percussion instrument

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {دف},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AF%D9%81},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}