different between cusku vs tavla

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: t?vlä, t?vlä, IPA^(key): /te?vl??/, /tævl??/
• Hyphenation: tav?la

Noun

tavla (usually uncountable, plural tavlas)

1. (backgammon) 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)

Anagrams

• lavta, talav

Italiot Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula.

Noun

tavla f

1. table

Maltese

Etymology

From Sicilian tàvula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta?v.la/

Noun

tavla f (plural twavel, paucal tavliet)

1. plank, board

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• tavlen m

Noun

tavla f

1. definite feminine singular of tavle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tavla f

1. definite singular of tavle

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ?????? (tavla), ?????? (tavla), from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula.

Noun

tàvla f (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. tavla
2. (backgammon, regional) backgammon

Declension

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin tabula via German Tafel.

Pronunciation

Noun

tavla c

1. (art) a painting; piece of painted canvas
2. a picture hanging on a wall
3. a hard, flat surface for writing or drawing, for example a blackboard (svarta tavlan) or whiteboard
4. a tablet
5. (colloquial) A glaring mistake, a blunder

Declension

Related terms

• anslagstavla
• piltavla
• tavelram

Descendants

• ? Finnish: taulu

See also

• målning
• tabell

Anagrams

• avlat, avtal

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ?????? (tavla), ?????? (tavla), from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula.

Noun

tavla

1. tavla
2. (backgammon) backgammon