adufe

English

Etymology

Portuguese adufe.

Noun

adufe (plural adufes)

  1. A traditional square tambourine, found in Portugal and elsewhere, of Moorish origin.
    • 1999, Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Richard Trillo, World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East, Rough Guides (→ISBN), page 227:
      A feature of Beira Baixa music, and found elsewhere too, is the adufe.
    • 2005, Sergio Navarrete Pellicer, Maya Achi Marimba Music in Guatemala with CD (Audio), Temple University Press (→ISBN), page 100
      [...] we can identify the following rhythmic sesquialtera pattern in the melody played on the violin and the adufe drum, which make the connection ...
    • 2012, Matt Dean, The Drum: A History, Scarecrow Press (→ISBN), page 28:
      The adufe is also found in Egypt. This double-headed square frame drum, which is roughly the same size as the tar, may have bells attached inside the drum for varying timbres.

Old Portuguese

FWOTD – 20 May 2014

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic دُف (duf, tambourine), from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭯 (dap, daf), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, tablet).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈdu.fe/

Noun

adufe m

  1. (music) a traditional square tambourine of Moorish origin

Descendants


Portuguese

adufes

Etymology

From Old Portuguese adufe, from Arabic الدُف (ad-duf, tambourine), from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭯 (dap, daf), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, tablet).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈðu.fɨ/
  • Hyphenation: a‧du‧fe

Noun

adufe m (plural adufes)

  1. (music) a traditional square tambourine of Moorish origin
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.