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tavla

/teɪvlɑː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tav-la
IPA
/teɪvlɑː/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

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Etymology

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

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Inflected Forms

tavlas (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce tavla?
The recorded pronunciation is /teɪvlɑː/.
What does tavla mean?
A version of the board game backgammon played widely in Turkey and other countries of the region.
Where does tavla come from?
It is traced to Turkish.

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