Social media users try to seek answers to a range of questions regarding different subjects on Quora, an online knowledge-sharing platform. Recently, one of the users posed a question regarding the Hindi name of the water bottle. A user replied that in India, the word bottle is similar to and is also derived from the word Batki.
In Hindi, it is called a bottle and is used without any changes in English as well. The user also wrote that the word bottle originated from the Portuguese word Botelho which was used in the fourteenth century. Similar to glass, the usage of bottles is believed to have started from the time of European civilisation. Some believe that the word bottle is derived from the Latin form of the Greek word bottis (βοῦττις), i.e.- buttis. Both bottis and buttis mean utensils.
In some countries, people also use the word vial or shishi instead of bottle as both are made of glass and are used for the common purpose of storing liquids. The word shisha or shishi is derived from the Persian word shishe which translates to glass. This name was also more frequently used in Egypt. In Persian, however, the meaning of the word shishe has a wider scope and also implies glass and objects made of glass. This word is now used in India as well.
One advantage of using the bottle is that it has a narrow neck near the opening so that the liquid stored in it does not easily get out of it. The word bottleneck in English originated from this feature.
Plastic bottles became quite popular with manufacturers and customers compared to their glass counterparts because they are lighter, cheaper and easier to transport. Plastic bottles were first used commercially in 1947 but remained relatively costly until the early 1950s when high-density Polyethylene was introduced. Aluminium bottles emerged as another option, but most people do not use them for the potential health risks caused by them. Studies have pointed out that prolonged exposure to aluminium might be linked to several health issues.
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