tavla
See also: tävla
English edit
Etymology edit
From Turkish tavla, from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula. Doublet of table and tabula.
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: tāvlä, tăvlä, IPA(key): /teɪvlɑː/, /tævlɑː/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: tav‧la
Noun edit
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 edit
Italiot Greek edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula.
Noun edit
tavla f
Maltese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sicilian tàvula.
Pronunciation edit
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
- tavlen m
Noun edit
tavla f
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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tavla f
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طاوله (tavla), تاوله (tavla), from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula.
Noun edit
tàvla f (Cyrillic spelling та̀вла)
- tavla
- (backgammon, regional) backgammon
- Synonym: triktrȁk
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Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin tabula via German Tafel.
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Noun edit
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 edit
Declension of tavla | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tavla | tavlan | tavlor | tavlorna |
Genitive | tavlas | tavlans | tavlors | tavlornas |
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Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish طبله (tavla), تاوله (tavla), from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula.
Noun edit
tavla (definite accusative tavlayı, plural tavlalar)
Inflection edit
Inflection | ||
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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 |