palanka.
A permanently entrenched wooden camp attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.
Meaning & usage
A permanently entrenched wooden camp attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.
Where this word comes from
From Ottoman Turkish پلانقه (palanka). Doublet of planch, plank, and phalanx.
Obsolete form of palanquin.
Where this word comes from
From Sanskrit पल्यङ्क (palyaṅka), variant of पर्यङ्क (paryaṅka, “bed, couch, litter”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.