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Palaic

adj · name · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /pəˈleɪ.ɪk/
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adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to Palaic language or its speakers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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name

Meaning 2

An extinct Indo-European language belonging to Anatolian branch, attested in cuneiform tablets in Bronze Age Hattusa.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 3

an Anatolian language

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: Anatolian, Anatolian language

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Pala Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Palaic From Pala (“a region in Anatolia northwest of Hattusa”) + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: պալայական (palayakan) — of or pertaining to Palaic language or its speakers
  • Catalan: palaic — of or pertaining to Palaic language or its speakers
  • Persian: پالائی (pâlâ'i) — of or pertaining to Palaic language or its speakers
  • Polish: palajski — of or pertaining to Palaic language or its speakers
  • Serbo-Croatian: палајски — of or pertaining to Palaic language or its speakers
  • Serbo-Croatian: palajski — of or pertaining to Palaic language or its speakers
  • Armenian: պալայերեն (palayeren) — Indo-European language
  • Catalan: palaic — Indo-European language
  • Dutch: Palaïsch — Indo-European language
  • French: palaïte — Indo-European language
  • Galician: lingua palaíta — Indo-European language
  • German: palaische Sprache — Indo-European language
  • Greek: παλαϊκή γλώσσα (palaïkí glóssa) — Indo-European language
  • Italian: lingua palaica — Indo-European language
  • Korean: 팔라어 (Palla'eo) — Indo-European language
  • Macedonian: палајски јазик (palajski jazik) — Indo-European language
  • Persian: زبان پالائی (zabân-e pâlâ'i) — Indo-European language
  • Polish: język palajski — Indo-European language
  • Portuguese: palaíta — Indo-European language
  • Russian: пала́йский (palájskij) — Indo-European language
  • Russian: пала́йский язы́к (palájskij jazýk) — Indo-European language
  • Serbo-Croatian: палајски језик — Indo-European language
  • Serbo-Croatian: palajski jezik — Indo-European language
  • Swedish: palaiska — Indo-European language
  • Thai: ภาษาปาลา (paasăa bpaalaa) — Indo-European language
  • Turkish: Palleci — Indo-European language