"tavla" meaning in English

See tavla in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /teɪvlɑː/, /tævlɑː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tavla.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tavla2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tavlas [plural]
enPR: tāvlä Etymology: From Turkish tavla, from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula. Doublet of table and tabula. Etymology templates: {{der|en|tr|tavla}} Turkish tavla, {{der|en|it|tavola}} Italian tavola, {{der|en|la|tabula}} Latin tabula, {{doublet|en|table|tabula}} Doublet of table and tabula Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} tavla (usually uncountable, plural tavlas)
  1. (backgammon) A version of the board game backgammon played widely in Turkey and other countries of the region. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Backgammon
    Sense id: en-tavla-en-noun-e~Eq43qO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: backgammon, games

Inflected forms

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