علبة

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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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).

عُلْبَة • (ʕulba) f (plural عُلَب‎ (ʕulab) or عِلَاب‎ (ʕilāb))

1. box, chest, trunk, can

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• Haupt, Paul (1907), “Psalm 137”, in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung (in German), volume 10, issue 2, column 68
• Haupt, Paul (1910), “Elul und Adar”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 64, page 714
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “علبة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2126

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• IPA^(key): /ʕul.ba/

علبة • (ʕulba) f (plural عُلَب‎ (ʕulab))

1. container, can, box

   Synonym: (archaic) حق‎ (ḥugg)

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• IPA^(key): /ʕul.be/, [ˈʕʊl.be]
• IPA^(key): /ʕil.be/, [ˈʕɪl.be]

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علبة • (ʕulbe, ʕilbe) f (plural علب‎ (ʕulab, ʕilab))

1. tin, can, box

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