palankin

palankin (plural palankins)

1. Archaic form of palanquin.
   • 1916 July, Henry Yule & al., "Padre Maestro Fray Seb. Manrique in Bengal (1628–Sept. 11, 1629)", Bengal Past & Present, Vol. XIII, No. 25, p. 32:

     P. della Valle writes in the same strain: "And these two, the palankins and the andors [a kind of doli] also differ from one another, for in the andor the cane which sustains it is, as it is in the reti, straight; whereas in the palankin, for the greater convenience of the inmate, and to give more room for raising his head, the cane is arched upwards like this, _∩_..."

• palankýn

From English palanquin, from Portuguese palanquim, from Odia ପାଲଙ୍କି (pālaṅki), ultimately from Sanskrit पल्यङ्क (palyaṅka), variant of पर्यङ्क (paryaṅka, “bed, couch, litter”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpalaŋkɪn]
• Hyphenation: pa‧lan‧kin

palankin m inan

1. palanquin (Asian litter)

• “palankin”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “palankin”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

From English palanquin, from Portuguese palanquim, from Odia ପାଲଙ୍କି (pālaṅki), ultimately from Sanskrit पल्यङ्क (palyaṅka), variant of पर्यङ्क (paryaṅka, “bed, couch, litter”).

palankin c (singular definite palankinen, plural indefinite palankiner)

1. palanquin (Asian litter or sedan chair)

• "palankin", Danmarks Nationalleksikon (lex.dk)
• "palankin", Ordbog over det Danske Sprog (ordnet.dk)

From English palanquin, from Portuguese palanquim, from Odia ପାଲଙ୍କି (pālaṅki), ultimately from Sanskrit पल्यङ्क (palyaṅka), variant of पर्यङ्क (paryaṅka, “bed, couch, litter”).

• IPA^(key): /paˈlaŋ.kin/

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• Rhymes: -aŋkin
• Syllabification: pa‧lan‧kin

palankin m inan

1. palanquin (Asian sedan chair)

• palankin in Polish dictionaries at PWN