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tavla

Syllables: tav·la/teɪvlɑː/

tavla noun: a version of the board game backgammon played widely in Turkey and other countries of the region.

Noun

tavla (usually uncountable, plural tavlas)

  1. (usually) 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)

Forms of tavla

pluraltavlas

Origin of tavla

From Turkish tavla, from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula. Doublet of table and tabula.

Questions about tavla

What does tavla mean?
Tavla means a version of the board game backgammon played widely in Turkey and other countries of the region.
What part of speech is tavla?
Tavla is a noun.
How do you pronounce tavla?
Tavla is pronounced /teɪvlɑː/.
What is the plural of tavla?
The plural of tavla is tavlas.

Words near tavla in the dictionary

  1. Tavgis
  2. Tavilzhanka
  3. Tavira
  4. Taviras
  5. Tavistock
  6. tavla
  7. tavlas
  8. Tavolga
  9. Tavolgas
  10. Tavon
  11. tavorite

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