tavla

Etymology

From Turkish tavla, from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula. Doublet of table and tabula.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tāvlä, tăvlä, IPA^(key): /teɪvlɑː/, /tævlɑː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: tav‧la

Noun

tavla (usually uncountable, plural tavlas)

1. (backgammon) A version of the board game backgammon played widely in Turkey and other countries of the region.
   • 1978, Past the tavern and hear the joggle of tavlas — Lawrence Durrell, in a 1977 interview published in Listener, 1978, and reprinted in Lawrence Durrell: Conversations, 1998 (see p.174)

Anagrams

• lavta, talav

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula.

Noun

tavla f

1. table

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian tàvula. Doublet of tavola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaːv.la/

Noun

tavla f (plural twavel, paucal tavliet)

1. plank, board
2. draughts, checkers

Alternative forms

• tavlen m

Noun

tavla f

1. definite feminine singular of tavle

Noun

tavla f

1. definite singular of tavle

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طاوله (tavla), تاوله (tavla), from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula.

Noun

tàvla f (Cyrillic spelling та̀вла)

1. tavla
2. (backgammon, regional) backgammon

   Synonym: triktrȁk

Etymology

From Latin tabula via German Tafel.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tavla c

1. (art) a painting; piece of painted canvas
2. a picture hanging on a wall
3. a hard, flat surface for writing or drawing, for example a blackboard (svarta tavlan) or whiteboard
4. a tablet
5. (colloquial) A glaring mistake, a blunder

Anagrams

• avlat, avtal

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طبله (tabla), تاوله (tavla), from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula. Doublet of tablo.

Noun

tavla (definite accusative tavlayı, plural tavlalar)

1. tavla
2. (backgammon) backgammon