palanka

See also: palaṅka

English

Etymology 1

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

Noun

palanka (plural palankas)

1. (military, historical) A permanently entrenched wooden camp attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

palanka (plural palankas)

1. Obsolete form of palanquin.

References

• “palanka”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Kalpana

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پلانقه (palanka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǎlaːnka/
• Hyphenation: pa‧lan‧ka

Noun

pàlānka f (Cyrillic spelling па̀ла̄нка)

1. a small town on the Balkans
2. a type of wooden fortress on the roads of Ottoman Empire built for the protection of travelers

Declension

Declension of palanka

	singular	plural
nominative	pàlānka	palanke
genitive	palanke	pàlanākā / pàlānkī
dative	pàlānci	palankama
accusative	palanku	palanke
vocative	palanko	palanke
locative	pàlānci	palankama
instrumental	palankom	palankama

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پلانقه (palanka), from Hungarian palánk, from Latin phalanga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɫaŋkɐ/

Noun

palanka (definite accusative palankayı, plural palankalar)

1. palanka (a permanently entrenched camp attached to Turkish frontier fortresses)

Declension

Declension of palanka

	singular	plural
nominative	palanka	palankalar
definite accusative	palankayı	palankaları
dative	palankaya	palankalara
locative	palankada	palankalarda
ablative	palankadan	palankalardan
genitive	palankanın	palankaların