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In English, the word “backgammon” is most likely derived from “back” and Middle English “gamen“, meaning “game” or “play”. The earliest use documented by the Oxford English Dictionary was in 1650.
In Arabic, the game is called tawilat el-nard or tawilat el-zahr, meaning “board of dice”.
In Chinese, the game is called shuang lu, meaning “double sixes”.
in Dutch, the game is called triktrak.
In Greek, it is referred to as portes and is played as one of the three games in a tavli match.
In Hebrew, it is called shesh besh, derived from the Persian and Turkish for “six” and “five”
In Japanese, sugoroku refers to backgammon as well as other racing games.
In Persian, backgammon is called takhte nard, meaning “battle on a wooden board”.
In Portuguese, backgammon is called gamão.
In Romanian, backgammon is called table.
In Turkish, the game is called tavla.
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