tavla
English
/teɪvlɑː/
noun
Definitions
- (backgammon) A version of the board game backgammon played widely in Turkey and other countries of the region.
Etymology
Derived from Turkish tavla derived from Italian tavola (table) derived from Latin tabula (board, tablet, plank, table, a board plank, a tablet, chart, painting, playing board).
Origin
Latin
tabula
Gloss
board, tablet, plank, table, a board plank, a tablet, chart, painting, playing board
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
卓
Emoji
📋️ 🛹
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- tabula English
- tabula rasa English
- contabulo Latin
- tabella Latin
- tabula Latin
- tabularium Latin
- tabulatim Latin
- Tafel German
- tábla Hungarian
- capotavola Italian
- centrotavola Italian
- tavola Italian
- tavolame Italian
- tavoliere Italian
- tavolo Italian
- tafereel Dutch, Flemish
- table French
- tôle French
- entablar Spanish, Castilian
- tabla Spanish, Castilian
- τάβλα Ancient Greek
- *th₂-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European
- tavle Norwegian Bokmål
- tavla Swedish
- tavle Norwegian Nynorsk
- tabele Old English
- tafl Old Norse
- tafla Old Norse
- tefla Old Norse
- طاولة Arabic
- table Old French
- tabulo Esperanto
- taula Catalan, Valencian
- entablatur Indonesian
- tafele Middle Dutch
- tavala Old High German
- tavla Turkish
- طاوله Ottoman Turkish
- tavala Old Dutch
- tavoa Old Portuguese
- tavele Middle Low German
- taula Occitan
- tabla Asturian
- taule Friulian
- tàvula Sicilian
- toła Venetian
- taol Breton
- taula Basque
- tavola roa-oit