tavla

== English == === Etymology === From Turkish tavla, from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula. Doublet of table and tabula. === Pronunciation === enPR: tāvlä, tăvlä, IPA(key): /teɪvlɑː/, /tævlɑː/ Hyphenation: tav‧la === 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 === lavta, talav == Italiot Greek == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula. === Noun === tavla f table == Maltese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Sicilian tàvula. Doublet of tavola. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtaːv.la/ Rhymes: -aːvla === Noun === tavla f (plural twavel, paucal tavliet) plank, board draughts, checkers ==== Related terms ==== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === tavlen m === Noun === tavla f definite feminine singular of tavle == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === tavla f definite singular of tavle == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طاوله (tavla), تاوله (tavla), from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula. === Noun === tàvla f (Cyrillic spelling та̀вла) tavla (backgammon, regional) backgammon Synonym: triktrȁk ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === From Latin tabula via German Tafel. === Pronunciation === === 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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== anslagstavla piltavla tavelram urtavla ==== See also ==== målning tabell === Anagrams === avlat, avtal == Turkish == === 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) tavla (backgammon) backgammon ==== Declension ====