Meaning of DAF | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A large frame drum, resembling a tambourine, used to accompany popular and classical music in the Middle East.
2. Acronym of Delivered At Frontier.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
3. Initialism of Dutch Automobile Federation.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
4. Acronym of Dictionnaire de l’Académie française.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
5. The German Labour Front.
   Nazism, historical
6. Acronym of delayed auditory feedback.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
7. Acronym of donor-advised fund.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable

Examples

“Keen to avoid civil unrest and thus give the Americans a pretext to take it back, French authorities allowed Stuttgart’s antifascists considerable leeway in dismantling the Nazi-era German Labor Front (DAF), rebuilding shop-floor organization in the factories, and organizing the population in cross-party antifascist alliances.”

“MOHAMMAD REZA SHAJARIAN (Thursday) Renowned in his native Iran, the vocalist Mohammad Reza Shajarian has been performing since the 1960s, and is now widely considered one of the finest classical Persian singers in the world. Mr. Shajarian’s son, Homayoun Shajarian, will provide additional vocals and tombak (goblet drum), while Ensemble Ava, a four-piece, will contribute additional instrumentation on the ancient Persian instruments barbat (short-necked lute), tar (long-necked lute), kamancheh (spike fiddle) and daf (frame drum).”

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