پلانقه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hungarian palánk (board fence), from Middle High German planke, ultimately from Latin phalanga.

Alternative forms

Noun

پلانقه • (palanka) (definite accusative پلانقه‌یی (palankayı), plural پلانقه‌لر (palankalar))

  1. (historical) palanka, a permanently entrenched wooden camp attached to Ottoman Turkish frontier fortresses
Descendants
  • Turkish: palanka
  • Bulgarian: пала́нка (palánka)
  • English: palanka
  • French: palanka
  • German: Palanke
  • New Latin: palanca
  • Macedonian: паланка (palanka)
  • Serbo-Croatian: па̀ла̄нка / pàlānka
  • Spanish: palanca

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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian paranco (hoist), ultimately from Latin phalanga.

Alternative forms

Noun

پلانقه • (palanka) (definite accusative پلانقه‌یی (palankayı), plural پلانقه‌لر (palankalar))

  1. block and tackle, polyspast, muffle, a system of two or more pulleys used to provide tension and lift heavy loads
Descendants

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