tavla

See also: tävla

English

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

Italiot Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula.

Noun

tavla f

1. table

Maltese

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

Related terms

• tavlament
• tavlamew
• tavlozza (tavluzza)
• tavlun
• tavola
• tavoletta
• tavolin
• tavolina
• ttavla (intavla)

 

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• tavlen m

Noun

tavla f

1. definite feminine singular of tavle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tavla f

1. 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)

1. tavla
2. (backgammon, regional) backgammon

   Synonym: triktrȁk

Declension

    Declension of tavla

	singular	plural
nominative	tavla	tavle
genitive	tavle	tavla
dative	tavli	tavlama
accusative	tavlu	tavle
vocative	tavlo	tavle
locative	tavli	tavlama
instrumental	tavlom	tavlama

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin tabula via German Tafel.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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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

Declension

Declension of tavla
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tavla	tavlan	tavlor	tavlorna
Genitive	tavlas	tavlans	tavlors	tavlornas

Related terms

• anslagstavla
• piltavla
• tavelram
• urtavla

See also

• målning
• tabell

Anagrams

• avlat, avtal

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طبله (tabla), تاوله (tavla), from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula.

Noun

tavla (definite accusative tavlayı, plural tavlalar)

1. tavla
2. (backgammon) backgammon

Inflection

Inflection
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