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palanka

Today it means: A permanently entrenched wooden camp attached to Turkish frontier fortresses. Full definition →

Ottoman Turkish پلانقه

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palanka · noun¹

Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromپلانقه
English todaypalanka

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

palanka · noun²

Sanskrit · borrowed fromपल्यङ्क
English todaypalanka

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

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