Palanka

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A permanently entrenched wooden camp attached to Turkish frontier fortresses. historical
  2. 2
    Obsolete form of palanquin. alt-of, obsolete

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zaozerne

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish پلانقه (palanka). Doublet of planch, plank, and phalanx.

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit पल्यङ्क (palyaṅka), variant of पर्यङ्क (paryaṅka, “bed, couch, litter”).

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