tavla
See also tävla
English
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Turkish tavla, from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula.
Noun
tavla (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)
Lojban
Etymology
In Lojbanized spelling.
- Chinese: tan — 談 (谈) [tán]
- English: tak — talk
- Hindi: bakvad — बकवाद [bakavāda]
- Spanish: abl — hablar
- Russian: gavar — говорить [govoritʹ]
- Arabic: kalam
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈtav.la/
Gismu
- 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.
- mi tavla do fo la glibau
Derived terms
- belta'a
- selta'a
- terta'a
- velta'a
See also
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Turkish tavla, from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula.
Noun
tavla f (Cyrillic spelling тавла)
Swedish
Pronunciation
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Audio (file)
Etymology
From Latin tabula via German Tafel.
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
Related terms
- anslagstavla
- tavelram