tabla

See also: tábla

English

The tabla

Etymology

From Hindi तबला (tablā), from Arabic طَبْلَة (ṭabla). Cognate of Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese tambor.

Noun

tabla (plural tablas)

  1. (music) A pair of tuned hand drums, used in various musical genres of the Indian subcontinent, that are similar to bongos.
    • 2013, Simon Emmerson, Living Electronic Music (page 20)
      Idealized membranes, plates and bars are clearly inadequate and give way to the reality of tablas, gongs and zanzas.

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin tabula.

Noun

tabla f (plural tables)

  1. table (grid of data in rows and columns)
  2. table (collection of arithmetic calculations)

French

Verb

tabla

  1. third-person singular past historic of tabler

Italian

Etymology

From Hindi तबला (tablā), from Arabic طَبْل (ṭabl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈta.bla/, [ˈt̪äːbl̺ä]
  • Rhymes: -abla
  • Hyphenation: tà‧bla

Noun

tabla f (invariable)

  1. (music) tabla

Latin

Etymology

From tabula, which underwent syncope. This term is attested in the Appendix Probi[1], a compilation of common mistakes written in the Late Antiquity.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈta.bla/, [ˈta.bɫa]

Noun

tabla f (genitive tablae); first declension

  1. (Vulgar Latin, proscribed) Alternative form of tabula ("tablet").
    • 3rd–4th century CE, Appendix Probi:
      tabula non tabla
      [Use] tabula, not tabla.

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tabla tablae
Genitive tablae tablārum
Dative tablae tablīs
Accusative tablam tablās
Ablative tablā tablīs
Vocative tabla tablae

First declension.

Italo-Western declension of *tabla
Number Singular Plural
nominative *tábla *táblę
genitive *táblę *tablárọ
dative *táblę *táblis
accusative-ablative *táblã *táblas
Eastern declension of *tabla
Number Singular Plural
nominative *tábla *táblę
genitive *táblę *tabláru
dative *táblę *táblis
accusative-ablative *táblã *táblas
Sardinian declension of *tabla
Number Singular Plural
nominative *tábla *táblę
genitive *táblę *tabláru
dative *táblę *táblis
accusative-ablative *táblã *táblas

Descendants

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From French table or Italian tavola, from Latin tabula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tǎːbla/
  • Hyphenation: tab‧la

Noun

tábla f (Cyrillic spelling та́бла)

  1. blackboard
  2. board
    šahovska tabla
Declension

Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Hindi, from Arabic طبلة (ṭabla), طبل (ṭabl, drum).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tǎːbla/
  • Hyphenation: tab‧la

Noun

tábla f (Cyrillic spelling та́бла)

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Declension

References

  • tabla” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • tabla” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tabula.

Noun

tabla f (plural tablas)

  1. board, plank
  2. slab
  3. table (grid or matrix, in a book)
  4. (obsolete) table (furniture)
  5. (Spain) skirt pleat
  6. (in the plural) stage
  7. ability on stage, ability as a public speaker

Synonyms

Derived terms

(diminutive tablilla or tablita) (augmentative tablón)

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