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noun
A permanently entrenched wooden camp attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Obsolete form of palanquin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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History
From Ottoman Turkish پلانقه (palanka). Doublet of planch, plank, and phalanx.
From Sanskrit पल्यङ्क (palyaṅka), variant of पर्यङ्क (paryaṅka, “bed, couch, litter”).
