# tabla
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

tabla (plural tablas)
* (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.

#### Derived terms

* tablaist

#### See also

* tabla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Balta, Labat, talab

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin tabula.

### Noun

tabla f (plural tables)
* table (grid of data in rows and columns)
* table (collection of arithmetic calculations)

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

tabla
* third-person singular past historic of tabler

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈta.bla/
* Rhymes: -abla
* Hyphenation: tà‧bla

### Noun

tabla f (invariable)
* (music) tabla

## Latin
### Noun

tabla f (genitive tablae); first declension (Late Latin, proscribed)
* Syncopic form of tabula (“table”)
** [3rd–4th century, Appendix Probi, line 130:tabula non tabla(The correct form is) tabula, not tabla]

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* Asturian: tabla
* → Basque: taula
* → Bulgarian: та́бла (tábla)
* Catalan: taula
* → Danish: tavle
* → Dutch: tabel, tablet, tafel
* → English: table
* French: table
* Friulian: taule
* Galician: táboa
* → German: Tafel
* → Hebrew: טבלה (tavla)
* → Hunsrik: Daafel
* Occitan: taula
* Norwegian:
    → Norwegian Bokmål: tavle
    → Norwegian Nynorsk: tavle
* → Old Norse: tafl
* Portuguese: tala, tábua
* Romanian: tablă
* → Russian: та́бель (tábelʹ), табли́ца (tablíca)
* Sardinian: taba
* → Serbo-Croatian: табла / tabla, тавла / tavla
* Sicilian: tàula
* Spanish: tabla
* → Swedish: tavla
* → Turkish: tablo, tavla
* Venetan: toła, tola, tòla

## Romanian
### Noun

tabla
* definite nominative/accusative singular of tablă

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French table or Italian tavola, from Latin tabula.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tǎːbla/
* Hyphenation: tab‧la

#### Noun

tábla f (Cyrillic spelling та́бла)
* blackboard
* board
    šahovska tabla ― chess board

##### Synonyms

* ploča

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindustani طبلہ / तबला (tablā), from Arabic طَبْلَة (ṭabla), from طَبْل (ṭabl, “drum”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tǎːbla/
* Hyphenation: tab‧la

#### Noun

tábla f (Cyrillic spelling та́бла)
* (music) tabla

##### Declension
### References

* “tabla”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
* “tabla”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtabla/ [ˈt̪a.β̞la]
* Rhymes: -abla
* Syllabification: ta‧bla

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin tabula.

#### Noun

tabla f (plural tablas, diminutive tablilla or tablita, augmentative tablón)
* board, plank
* slab
    Synonym: plancha
* (mathematics, computing) table (grid or matrix, in a book, data base, file, document, etc.)
* (obsolete) table (furniture)
* (Spain) skirt pleat
    Synonym: (El Salvador) paletón
* (in the plural) stage
* ability on stage, ability as a public speaker

##### Derived terms

* atablar
* dinero en tabla
* en tablas
* entablar
* escaparse en una tabla
* sermón de tabla
* tabla de agua
* tabla de armonía
* tabla de chilla
* tabla de cortar
* tabla de doble entrada
* tabla de jarcia
* tabla de juego
* tabla de lavar
* tabla de los sellos
* tabla de manteles
* tabla de multiplicar
* tabla de periódica
* tabla de río
* tabla de salvación
* tabla de snow
* tabla de surf
* Tabla del Consejo
* tablas de la ley
* tablas reales
* tablazo
* tablero
* tableta
* tablón

##### Related terms

* tabulación
* tabulador
* tabular

##### Descendants

* → Moroccan Arabic: طابلة (ṭābla), طبلة (ṭabla)
* → Tagalog: tabla
* → Ye'kwana: tauda

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

tabla
* inflection of tablar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “tabla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tabla, from Latin tabula. Sense 1 is a semantic loan from Spanish tablas as found in en tablas and quedar tablas. Doublet of teybol.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /tabˈla/ [t̪ɐbˈla] (“tied, drawn (in games)”, adjective; “tie, draw (in games); wooden board; lumber”, noun)
*** Rhymes: -a
** IPA: /ˈtabla/ [ˈt̪ab.lɐ], /tabˈla/ [t̪ɐbˈla] (“table”, noun)
*** Rhymes: -abla, -a
* Syllabification: tab‧la

### Adjective

tablá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊ᜔ᜎ)
* tied; drawn (in games, contests, etc.)
    Synonyms: patas, empate, amanos

#### Derived terms

* magtabla
* makatabla
* tabla-manalo
* tablahan
* tablahin

#### Descendants

* → Tausug: tabla

### Noun

tablá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊ᜔ᜎ)
* tie; draw (in games, contests, etc.)
    Synonyms: patas, empate, amanos
* (wood) board; sawn board
* lumber; timber
    Synonyms: kahoy, kalap

#### Derived terms

* tablasuson

#### Related terms

* entablado
* tablado
* tableriya
* tablero
* tabletas
* tabliya
* tabloyd

### Noun

tabla or tablá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊ᜔ᜎ)
* table; tabular arrangement
    Synonyms: talahanayan, tabulasyon, talatumbasan, manghad

#### See also

* talaan
* listahan

### Anagrams

* balat, tabal, talab

## Tausug
### Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog tabla (“draw; tie”), from Spanish tablas (“draw”) as found in en tablas and quedar tablas.

### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /tabla/ [t̪abˈla]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: tab‧la

### Adjective

tabla (Sulat Sūg spelling تَبْلَ) (Philippines)
* even; equal; tie; draw (as in a game or contest)
    Tabla sila ha pagkuntis magkalang.They are tied in the singing contest.