betel bag

English

A ceremonial betel bag from Indonesia

Noun

betel bag (plural betel bags)

A small bag of cloth, often decorated, originally used for carrying betel leaf in south-east Asia.

Translations

small bag

Chinese:
Mandarin: 檳榔包, 槟榔包 (bīnláng bāo) (no equivalent term exists)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: betel-pussi

French: sac à bétel m
Greek: ταγάρι (el) n (tagári)
Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

Betel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Example from the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection

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