backgammon in Arabic
طَاوِلَة ṭāwila
/ˈbæk.ɡæm.ən/
backgammon in Arabic: طَاوِلَة (ṭāwila), نَرْد (nard), لُعْبَةُ طَاوِلَة (luʕbatu ṭāwila), طَاوِلَةُ زَهْر (ṭāwilatu zahr). In English, backgammon means a board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
Arabic words for backgammon
- board game
- طَاوِلَة ṭāwila, نَرْد nard, لُعْبَةُ طَاوِلَة luʕbatu ṭāwila, طَاوِلَةُ زَهْر ṭāwilatu zahr
English meaning of backgammon
- noun A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
- noun A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.
- verb To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.
backgammon in other languages
Questions about backgammon in Arabic
- What is the meaning of backgammon in Arabic?
- Backgammon in Arabic is طَاوِلَة (ṭāwila), نَرْد (nard), لُعْبَةُ طَاوِلَة (luʕbatu ṭāwila), طَاوِلَةُ زَهْر (ṭāwilatu zahr).
- ما معنى كلمة backgammon؟
- Backgammon: طَاوِلَة (ṭāwila), نَرْد (nard), لُعْبَةُ طَاوِلَة (luʕbatu ṭāwila), طَاوِلَةُ زَهْر (ṭāwilatu zahr).
- What does backgammon mean in English?
- Backgammon means a board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: backgammon (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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