# دف
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

From the root د ف ف (d-f-f); a more primitive form of د ف ع (d-f-ʕ). The noun “lateral surface” may have to be drawn to the Persianisms and ultimate Sumerianisms in the second etymology instead, if not deriving from a combination of both it and native roots.

#### Verb

دَفَّ • (daffa) I (non-past يَدِفُّ (yadiffu), verbal noun دَفِيف (dafīf))
* to flap the wings (of a bird)

##### Conjugation
#### Noun

دَفّ • (daff) m (plural دُفُوف (dufūf))
* side, lateral surface

##### Related terms

* دَفَّة (daffa, “wing, casement”)
* دِفِّيَّة (diffiyya, “loose Egyptian woolen cloak”)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Persian 𐭣𐭯 (dap), ultimately from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, “tablet”).

#### Noun

دُفّ or دَفّ • (duff or daff) m (plural دُفُوف (dufūf))
* (music) tambourine

##### Derived terms

* دَفَّاف (daffāf, “tambourine player”)

##### Descendants

* → Catalan: alduf, adufle
* → Old Galician-Portuguese: adufe, aduffe
** Galician: adufe
** Portuguese: adufe, adufo
* → Spanish: adufe, adufre

## Baluchi
### Noun

دف • (daf)
* mouth

### See also

* دپ (dap)

## Hijazi Arabic

* Root
* د ف ف
* 1 term

### Etymology

From Arabic دَفَّ (daffa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /daff/

### Verb

دف • (daff) I (non-past يِدُف (yiduff))
* to push

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of دف (daff) :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | دفّيت (daffēt) | دفّيت (daffēt) | دفّ (daff) | دفّينا (daffēna) | دفّيتوا (daffētu) | دفّوا (daffu) |
| past | f | دفّيت (daffēt) | دفّيتي (daffēti) | دفّت (daffat) | دفّينا (daffēna) | دفّيتوا (daffētu) | دفّوا (daffu) |
| non-past | m | أدفّ (ʔaduff) | تدفّ (tiduff) | يدفّ (yiduff) | ندفّ (niduff) | تدفّوا (tiduffu) | يدفّوا (yiduffu) |
| non-past | f | أدفّ (ʔaduff) | تدفّي (tiduffi) | تدفّ (tiduff) | ندفّ (niduff) | تدفّوا (tiduffu) | يدفّوا (yiduffu) |
| imperative | m | | دفّ (duff) | | | دفّوا (duffu) | |
| imperative | f | | دفّي (duffi) | | | دفّوا (duffu) | |

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

From Persian دف (daf), ultimately from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, “tablet”).

### Noun

دف • (def, tef)
* daf (a Persian frame drum)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: tef

## Persian
### Alternative forms

* دپ (dap)

### Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭯 (dp /⁠dap⁠/), ultimately from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, “tablet”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [daf]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪äf]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪äf]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [d̪äf]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [d̪äf]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d̪æf]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [d̪äf]

### Noun

| Dari | دف |
| Iranian Persian | دف |
| Tajik | даф |
دف • (daf)
* daf (a Persian frame drum)
** c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 125:چو آن مه خشم دارد مطربا خیز بیفگن چنگ و دف عیش و طرب چیستčū ān mah xišm dārad mutribā xēz biyafgan čang u daf ayš u tarab čīstWhen that moon[-like beloved] is angry, o minstrel, stand up! Throw down the lyre and drum! What is pleasure and mirth [when the beloved is angry]?(Classical Persian transliteration)

#### Descendants

* → English: daf
* → Ottoman Turkish: دف (def, tef)
** Turkish: tef
* → Uyghur: داپ (dap)
** → Chinese: 達甫／达甫 (dáfǔ), 達卜／达卜 (dábǔ), 達普／达普 (dápǔ)