Masculine

adufe

Meaning

a traditional square tambourine of Moorish origin

Hyphenated as
a‧du‧fe
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aˈdufe/
Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish adufle (1256), from Arabic الدُّفّ (ad-duff, “tambourine”), from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭯 (dp /⁠dap⁠/, “daf”), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, “tablet”). Compare Galician adufe, Portuguese adufe.

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