palanquim

Portuguese

Etymology

From Odia ପାଲଙ୍କି (pālaṅki, “litter”), from Sanskrit पल्यङ्क (palyaṅka), variant of पर्यङ्क (paryaṅka, “bed, couch, litter”) of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.lɐ̃ˈkĩ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.lɐ̃ˈkĩ/

Noun

palanquim m (plural palanquins)

1. palanquin (Asian litters or sedan chairs, especially enclosed palanquins)
2. synonym of liteireiro, litter-bearer, (especially) palanquin-bearer

Hypernyms

• liteira

Descendants

• → Catalan: palanquí
• → Galician: palanquín
• → English: palanquin, palankin, palankeen, palanchin, palanchine, palanchino, pallanchine, pallankin, palakin, palamkeen, palamkeene, palamkin, palankine, palanquine, pallaquin, pallenkine, pollankan, palanqueen, palenkeen, pallankeen, pallanquin, palenqueen, pallenkeen, palinquin, palanka, palanke, palankee, palanque, palanquy
  • → Czech: palankin
  • → Danish: palankin
  • → Polish: palankin
• → French: palanquin
  • German: Palankin
  • Romanian: palanchin
• → Indonesian: pelangkin
• Italian: palanchino
  • → English: palanchine, palanchino
• → Russian: паланки́н (palankín)
• → Spanish: palanquín

References

• “palanquim”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “palanquim”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Further reading

• “palanquim”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025