daf
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Alternative letter-case form of daf (“dumb as fuck”).
name
noun
A large frame drum, resembling a tambourine, used to accompany popular and classical music in the Middle East.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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
Usage
Inflected Forms
DAFs (plural)
dafim (plural)