palanquin

• palankeen, palankin, palankine

From Portuguese palanquim, from Odia ପାଲଙ୍କି (palôṅki), ultimately from Sanskrit पल्यङ्क (palyaṅka, “bed, couch, bedstead”).

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpæləŋˈkiːn/

palanquin (plural palanquins)

1. 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.

• sedan chair

From Hindi and Pali and Odia ପାଲଙ୍କି (palôṅki), ultimately from Sanskrit पल्यङ्क (palyaṅka, “bed, couch, bedstead”).

• IPA^(key): /pa.lɑ̃.kɛ̃/

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palanquin m (plural palanquins)

1. palanquin

• “palanquin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.