علبة

Meaning

box, chest, trunk, can

Concepts

box

📦

packet

canister

capsule

pack

package

📦

wrap

grid box

can

Synonyms

صندوق

عبوة

📦

حاوية

Translations

cápsula

bote

⛵

cápsula

caja

📦

capsule

boîte

📦

capsula

Kasten

Schachtel

Kiste

Dose

📦

carton

contenant

κουτάκι

Etymology

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).