panca

See also: Panca, pANCA, p-ANCA, pañca, pança, and panca-

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian [Term?]

Noun

panca

1. paw

Declension

Declension of panca

	singular	plural
nominative	panca	pancalar
genitive	pancanıñ	pancalarnıñ
dative	pancağa	pancalarğa
accusative	pancanı	pancalarnı
locative	pancada	pancalarda
ablative	pancadan	pancalardan

References

• “panca”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

French

Alternative forms

• panka
• punka

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

panca m (plural pancas)

1. punkah, a type of fan consisting in a screen suspended by the ceiling, as traditionally used in tropical colonies, notably the Indies
2. punkahwallah, a servant (typically a boy) who operates it manually

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese *paanca (cf. the derived term paancada, 13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin palanca, perhaps from Latin phalanga, from the accusative form of Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “log, trunk, body of soldiers, etc.”). Cf. Spanish palanca, English plank, planch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaŋka̝/

Noun

panca f (plural pancas)

1. lever
2. shaft

   Synonyms: lata, temón

3. (informal) sloth

   Synonyms: nugalla, preguiza

Derived terms

• apancar
• pancada

References

• “paancada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “panca” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “panca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “panca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “panca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Indonesian

Indonesian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : panca

Etymology

From Malay panca, from Sanskrit पञ्चन् (páñcan), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Numeral

panca

1. five

Synonyms

• lima

Derived terms

• Pancasila

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Lombardic panch, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. Doublet of banca and banco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpan.ka/
• Rhymes: -anka
• Hyphenation: pàn‧ca

• Audio

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Noun

panca f (plural panche)

1. bench
2. pew
3. the part of a stirrup on which a rider puts their foot

Derived terms

• panchetta
• panchina
• pancata

Further reading

• panca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• panca in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Malay

Malay cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : panca

Alternative forms

• panchă (obsolete, 1924-1972)

Etymology

From Sanskrit पञ्चन् (páñcan), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pánča, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /pant͡ʃə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /pant͡ʃa/
• Rhymes: -ant͡ʃə, -t͡ʃə, -ə

Numeral

panca (Jawi spelling ڤنچا)

1. five

   Synonym: lima

Related terms

• (prefix) panca-

Portuguese

Etymology

From palanca (“lever”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ̃.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃kɐ
• Hyphenation: pan‧ca

Noun

panca f (plural pancas)

1. wooden lever
2. (colloquial) craze, obsession
3. (in the plural) difficulties

Derived terms

• pancada
• espancar

Spanish

Etymology

From Quechua p'anqa.

Noun

panca f (plural pancas)

1. (Andes) dried maize leaf

Further reading

• “panca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014