tavla
See also: tävla
English
Etymology
From Turkish tavla, from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula. Doublet of table.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Italiot Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula.
Noun
tavla f
- (Italiot Dialect) table
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- tavlen m
Noun
tavla f
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
tavla f
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (compare Turkish tavla), from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula.
Noun
tavla f (Cyrillic spelling тавла)
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin tabula via German Tafel.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
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
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
Descendants
- → Finnish: taulu
See also
Anagrams
Turkish
Etymology
From Italian tavola, from Latin tabula.
Noun
tavla
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