- Bengali Word তবলা, তবল English definition [Arabic] (noun) a pair of small drums played on by both hands as musical accompaniment; a pair of tabors (or tabours). তবলা-বাঁয়া (noun) both the units of tabor, the one played with the right hand as well as the one played with the left. তবলা সঙ্গত করা (verb intransitive) play on the tabor as musical accompaniment.