English Explanatory Dictionary

palanka

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A permanently entrenched wooden camp attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.
noun
  1. Obsolete form of palanquin.

Word forms

palanka palankas

Etymology

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

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