palanquin
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See also: palanquín
English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Portuguese palanquim, from Odia ପାଲଙ୍କି (palôṅki), ultimately from Sanskrit पल्यङ्क (palyaṅka, “bed, couch, bedstead”).
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palanquin (plural palanquins)
- A covered type of litter for a stretched-out passenger, carried on four poles on the shoulders of four or more bearers, as formerly used (also by colonials) in eastern Asia.
Translations[edit]
a covered type of litter
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hindi and Pali and Odia ପାଲଙ୍କି (palôṅki), ultimately from Sanskrit पल्यङ्क (palyaṅka, “bed, couch, bedstead”).
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Noun[edit]
palanquin m (plural palanquins)
Further reading[edit]
- “palanquin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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