palanquin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Portuguese palanquim (“Asian litter, litter-bearer”), from Odia ପାଲଙ୍କି (pālaṅki, “litter”), ultimately from Sanskrit पल्यङ्क (palyaṅka), variant of पर्यङ्क (paryaṅka, “bed, couch, litter”). Doublet of palki.
Inflected forms:
form: palanquins
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: palankin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: palankeen
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: palanchin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: palanchine
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: palanchino
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pallanchine
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pallankin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: palakin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: palamkeen
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: palamkeene
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: palamkin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: palankine
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: palanquine
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pallaquin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pallenkine
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pollankan
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: palanqueen
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: palenkeen
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pallankeen
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pallanquin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: palenqueen
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pallenkeen
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: palinquin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: palanka
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: palanke
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: palankee
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: palanque
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: palanquy
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An enclosed human-borne litter or sedan chair, a large box with a chair, couch, or bed raised on horizontal poles and used as a mode of transport.
pos: noun
tags: India
historical
examples: At the end of two moneths I determined to go for Goa in the companye of two other Portingale Merchants, which were making readye to depart, with two Palanchines or little Litters, which are very commodious for the waye, with eight Falchines which are men hired, to carrie the palanchines, eight for a palanchine, foure at a time...
Behold the hero of the scene,
 In bungalow and palankeen.
'Sedan-chair! Put your 'ead in a bag. That was a palanquin. Don't yer know a palanquin when you see it?' said Ortheris with great scorn... What befell at that interview in the lonely pay-shed by the side of the half-built embankment, only a few hundred coolies know, and their tale is a confusing one, running thus... 'There was a palanquin, for the up-keep of which we were forced to pay nine-tenths of our monthly wage. On such mulctings Dearsley Sahib allowed us to make obeisance to him before the palanquin. What could we do? We were poor men. He took full half of our wages. Will the Government repay us those moneys?...'
The palanquin carries Pābūjī—and, according to the description on the par, he rides his mare mother on the palanquin...—towards Rāma's heaven.
gloss: Synonym of litter, any similar vehicle open or closed, human or animal-borne, particularly (historical) in colonial Asian contexts.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
examples: ... but the cars of chaste women have either coverings thrown over them, or white sheets hung over; for instance, on the cars of the female part of the family of the deceased Nawabs Khanduran and Muzaffar Khan, there used generally to be fastened thick dirty white cloths, and in like manner also on their palanquins—although one brother was the chief treasurer, and the other a commander of seven thousand men. And most assuredly this is a requirement of modesty; for one whose palanquin or cart is turned out with much splendour, verily the idea comes to the minds of the sight-seers and common people, that in it there must be some lovely one, bright as the morning, the envy of the fairies. Hence, for the cars or palanquins for women to ride in to be greatly embroidered is, in the opinion of certain men of standing, who are worthy to be trusted, of great infamy.
Behold his bed which is Solomon's. 'His bed' מִטָּתוֹ (mittatho)... The word here is generally understood to denote a palanquin or litter. Same as the 'chariot' in verse ninth... A royal bridal chariot or palanquin... A portable bed... A palanquin, sedan, or portable vehicle, in which Kings in the East used to be carried when on a long journey...
This kogoshi, the simplest form of koshi palanquin, consists of a base with a raised railing and no roof.
... the fan-bearer shows that the bearers are those of the king's palanquin ...
In his records, La Loubere, Franch^([sic – meaning French]) Ambassador to Thailand in the reign of King Narai, described the appearance of the royal palanquin in Ayutthaya. It should be noted that the palanquin he mentioned as having 4 to 8 porters were small and not too heavy. They were probably palanquin for the king, members of the royal family or noblemen and were used to attend unimportant ceremonies.
In addition, there is enough space for a young boy to ride in the palanquin with the chief. This boy is believed to carry the souls of the ancestors and of the people which are enshrined in the stool... Since the Oath commemorates the loss of the palanquin, the Gbi Traditional Area decided not to procure another palanquin for the Fiagā in replacement. The Fiagā of Gbi, therefore, does not have a palanquin and must never ride in one...
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