An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. An arrangement of words, numbers, or signs, or combinations of them, in parallel columns, to exhibit a set of facts or relations in a definite, compact, and comprehensive form.
   
2. In particular, → zij

Etymology (EN): M.E.; O.E. tabule; O.Fr. table “board, plank, writing table”
(cf. O.H.G. zabel, Ger. Tafel), both from L. tabula “a board, plank, table,” originally “small flat slab or piece” usually for inscriptions or for games.

Etymology (PE): Jadval, loan from Ar. jadwal.