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palanquin

Meaninga bed, couch

Common meaning: a covered seat carried on poles

Journey through time

  1. Sanskritparyankasource
  2. Hindi (Hindustani)palang‘a bed, bedstead’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa bed, bedstead → a covered seat carried on polespalanquin‘a covered seat carried on poles’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Sanskrit paryanka ‘a bed, couch’.

Roots

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