tavla /teɪvlɑː/ noun1 •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) — 1978 formstavlas
