noun, masculine/aˈdufe/plural: adufes
a traditional square tambourine of Moorish origin
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.