English

Pronunciation
tav·la
AHD: /t�vlä, t�vlä/

Etymology
From Turk. term|tavla|lang=tr < It. term|tavola < L. term|tabula.

Noun
en-noun

1. A version of the board game backgammon played widely in Turkey and other countries of the region.

Quotations
1978: Past the tavern and hear the joggle of tavlas &mdash; w:en:Lawrence Durrell|Lawrence Durrell, in a 1977 interview published in Listener, 1978, and reprinted in Lawrence Durrell: Conversations, 1998 (see p.174)

Category:Board games

Bosnian

Etymology
From Turk.|bs term|tavla|lang=tr < It.|bs term|tavola < L.|bs term|tabula.

Noun
infl|bs|noun|g=f

1. #English|tavla
2. backgammon

Category:bs:Board games

Lojban

Gismu
tavla

1. x₁ talks/speaks to x₂ about subject x₃ in language x₄

#:mi tavla do fo la glibau
#::I talk to you in English.
#:sutra tavla
#::fast talker/talk etc.

Derived terms
belta'a
selta'a
terta'a
velta'a

Category:jbo:Gismu

Serbian

Etymology
From Turk.|sr term|tavla|lang=tr < It.|sr term|tavola < L.|sr term|tabula.

Noun
infl|sr|noun|g=f

1. #English|tavla
2. backgammon

Cyrillic spelling
�авла#Serbian|�авла

Category:sr:Board games

Swedish

Noun
sv-noun-reg-or|tavl
infl|sv|noun|g=c

1. A painting; piece of painted canvas.
2. colloquial|lang=sv A glaring mistake, a blunder.

Turkish

Etymology
From It.|tr term|tavola < L.|tr term|tabula.

Noun
infl|tr|noun

1. #English|tavla
2. backgammon

Category:tr:Board games

el:tavla
io:tavla
ru:tavla
sv:tavla
tr:tavla

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