Nard vs Tavla - What's the difference?
nard | tavla |
A flowering plant of the valerian family that grows in the Himalayas of China, used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine said to fight insomnia, flatulence, birth difficulties, and other minor ailments.
A fragrant oil formerly much prized from the plant.
* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Mark XIV:
Spikenard
(plant or oil)
(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 — , in a 1977 interview published in ''Listener,'' 1978, and reprinted in ''Lawrence Durrell: Conversations, 1998 (see p.174)
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As verbs the difference between nard and tavla
is that nard is while tavla is to compete, to contend, to race.nard
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) narde, from (etyl) nardus, from (etyl) .Noun
- there cam a woman with an alablaster boxe of oyntmenr, called narde , that was pure and costly, and she brake the boxe and powred it on his heed.