Urdu Dictionary
Persian · noun · Poetry, Speech & Art

Daf

दफ़
said daf
Meaning

A large frame drum or tambourine used in music and Sufi sama.

Usage & notes

The frame drum of the Sufi assembly, beating time for ecstatic song.

Related words
SANSKRIT

Dhol

A large double-headed drum of the subcontinent.

ARABIC

Qawwaali

Devotional Sufi music performed in assembly, sung to induce spiritual ecstasy.

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