علبة

Bedeutung (Englisch)

box, chest, trunk, can

Konzepte

Kasten

Dose

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Kapsel

Kiste

Schachtel

Kapselfrucht

Synonyme

صندوق

عبوة

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حاوية

Übersetzungen

box

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boîte

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caja

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cápsula

packet

capsule

capsula

cápsula

bote

⛵

can

wrap

grid box

κουτί

package

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Etymologie (Englisch)

From the root ع ل ب (ʕ l b).
Compared by Paul Haupt to Akkadian 𒀀𒆷𒈪𒌅 (a-la-mi-tu /⁠alamittu, elamittu, alabattu⁠/, “a kind of palm-tree”), as عُلْبَة (ʕulba), عَلَبَة (ʕalaba), collective عُلَب (ʕulab), is also recorded as the name of a tall palm-tree, from which the box would have been made; comparing also the vessel name Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστος (alábastos), ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros).