tavla

      See also tävla

      English

      Pronunciation

      • enPR: tāvlä, tăvlä, IPA: /teɪvlɑː/, /tævlɑː/, X-SAMPA: /teIvlA:/, /t{vlA:/
      • Hyphenation: tav‧la

      Etymology

      From Turkish tavla, from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula.

      Noun

      tavla (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 tavlasLawrence Durrell, in a 1977 interview published in Listener, 1978, and reprinted in Lawrence Durrell: Conversations, 1998 (see p.174)

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      Lojban

      Etymology

      In Lojbanized spelling.

      • Chinese: tan — () [tán]
      • English: tak — talk
      • Hindi: bakvad — बकवाद [bakavāda]
      • Spanish: ablhablar
      • Russian: gavar — говорить [govoritʹ]
      • Arabic: kalam

      Pronunciation

      • IPA: /ˈtav.la/

      Gismu

      tavla (rafsi tav, ta'a)

      1. talk; x1 talks/speaks to x2 about subject x3 in language x4
        mi tavla do fo la glibau
        I talk to you in English.
        le sutra tavla
        the fast talker
        lenu sutra tavla
        the fast talking
        mi sutra tavla do la lojban. la gliban.
        I talk swiftly to you about Lojban in English.

      Derived terms

      • belta'a
      • selta'a
      • terta'a
      • velta'a

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      Serbo-Croatian

      Etymology

      From Turkish tavla, from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula.

      Noun

      tavla f (Cyrillic spelling тавла)

      1. tavla
      2. (backgammon) backgammon

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      Swedish

      Pronunciation

      Etymology

      From Latin tabula via German Tafel.

      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

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      Turkish

      Etymology

      From Italian tavola, from Latin tabula.

      Noun

      tavla

      1. tavla
      2. (backgammon) backgammon
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      Last modified on 17 June 2013, at 21:32