tavla
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See also: tävla
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Turkish tavla, from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula. Doublet of table and tabula.
Pronunciation[edit]
- enPR: tāvlä, tăvlä, IPA(key): /teɪvlɑː/, /tævlɑː/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: tav‧la
Noun[edit]
tavla (usually uncountable, plural tavlas)
- (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[edit]
Italiot Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula.
Noun[edit]
tavla f
Maltese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sicilian tàvula.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tavla f (plural twavel, paucal tavliet)
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- tavlen m
Noun[edit]
tavla f
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
tavla f
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طاوله (tavla), تاوله (tavla), from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula.
Noun[edit]
tàvla f (Cyrillic spelling та̀вла)
- tavla
- (backgammon, regional) backgammon
- Synonym: triktrȁk
Declension[edit]
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin tabula via German Tafel.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
tavla c
- (art) a painting; piece of painted canvas
- a picture hanging on a wall
- a hard, flat surface for writing or drawing, for example a blackboard (svarta tavlan) or whiteboard
- a tablet
- (colloquial) A glaring mistake, a blunder
Declension[edit]
Declension of tavla | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tavla | tavlan | tavlor | tavlorna |
Genitive | tavlas | tavlans | tavlors | tavlornas |
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish طبله (tavla), تاوله (tavla), from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula.
Noun[edit]
tavla (definite accusative tavlayı, plural tavlalar)
Inflection[edit]
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | tavla | |
Definite accusative | tavlayı | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | tavla | tavlalar |
Definite accusative | tavlayı | tavlaları |
Dative | tavlaya | tavlalara |
Locative | tavlada | tavlalarda |
Ablative | tavladan | tavlalardan |
Genitive | tavlanın | tavlaların |
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