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tavla

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • tāvlä
  • tăvlä
  • /teɪvlɑː/
  • /tævlɑː/
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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: backgammon, games

Examples

  • 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)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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