diminutive of θάλαμος (thálamos) (cabin, cage) · cabin, compartment (load-carrying component of a lift or elevator) · compartment, capsule (payload part of spacecraft)
pod (of a pea or bean plant) · A small coin, one twenty-fourth of a solidus
çekim: çoğul siliquae · tamlayan siliquae
köken: Uncertain. Often related to silex (“flint”), but De Vaan suggests a relationship with siligō (“winter wheat”) instead on the grounds of the unusual suffix and closer semantics. Likely of substrate origin.
primer, percussion cap, detonator cap (in a cartridge, bomb, mine or projectile) · cap, seal (usually metal, plastic or foil covering for a bottle top) · case, container (cylindrical box for cosmetics, medicines, etc.)
çekim: çoğul ка́псули
köken: Borrowed from Italian capsula, from Latin capsula.
From Late Middle High German kapsel, from Latin capsula (“small box or chest”), from Latin capsa (“box, case”), from Latin capiō (“to capture, to seize”).