دف

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

to flap the wings (of a bird)

Noun

side, lateral surface

Noun

tambourine

Concepts

tambourin

Synonymes

رق

Traductions

tambourine

ντέφι

bury

cover

flank

flap

helm

hide

hurry

leaf

marine

mingle

mix

side

tamburello

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).