gabella

Probably from Arabic قَبَالَة (qabāla, “bail, guaranty”), though a derivation from Proto-Germanic *gabulą (“tribute”) has also been proposed. The sense of "alliance" has been influenced by gavella (“sheaf”).

gabella f (plural gabelles)

1. tax, duty
2. (historical) gabelle (salt tax)
3. A place where salt is stored.
4. alliance (two or more people united for a common end)

• agabellar
• gabellot

• “gabella”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “gabella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Arabic قَبَالَة (qabāla, “bail, guaranty”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈbɛl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛlla
• Hyphenation: ga‧bèl‧la

gabella f (plural gabelle)

1. (historical, obsolete) duty (tax on goods)

   Synonyms: balzello, dazio, imposta, tributo

2. customs

• gabellare
• gabelliere
• gabellotto

• → French: gabelle
• → Spanish: gabela

• gabella in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• gellaba