دُفٌّ
Root: دف
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دُفٌّ
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دَفٌّ , the former the more approved, the latter mentioned by A 'Obeyd, [and now the more common, A tambourine;] a certain thing with which one beats, or with which women beat, or with which one plays; of two kinds; round; [such as is figured, under the name of “ tár ” (طار), in chap. xviii. of my work on the Modern Egyptians, with several pairs of tinkling plates of brass in apertures in the hoop, and sometimes, as in the kind used by hired wailing-women, without those tinkling plates;] and four-sided: [the latter seems to be only for amusement; for] it is said that the foursided is unlawful; but there is no harm in selling the round: pl. دُفُوفٌ.
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