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palanquinn. Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese palanquim. Etymology: < Portuguese palanquim (1515 in Correa Lendas da India), †palanquís (plural, 1545), †palanque (1535), perhaps via Kannada pālaki , pālakki litter < Hindi pālakī , pālkī palki n. or Marathi pālakī , pālkī in the same sense, ultimately < Sanskrit palyaṅka , paryaṅka bed, litter. Compare Oriya pālaṅki palanquin (see note below), Malay pelangkeng , pelangkin wheeled palanquin ( < Portuguese), pelangki litter (perhaps directly < a language of South Asia). The final nasal appears to have been a Portuguese addition as in mandarin n.1 and is often absent from the forms given by early travellers: compare also palki n.Portuguese palanquim > Italian palanchino (1554–65), Spanish palanquín (1834 in this sense: see note below), French palanquin (1611; 1610 as pallanquin in a translation of a Latin adaptation of a Dutch text), Dutch palankijn (1596 as pallamkijn in the text translated in quot. 1598 at α. ), which give rise to some of the English forms. There is a resemblance between this and Spanish palanca < classical Latin phalanga pole to carry a burden (see palank n.), whence Spanish palanquín bearer, one of two who carry a burden between them on a pole (1580–1627), which some earlier writers held to be the source of the Indian word. H. Yule and A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson (1886) at Palankeen, Palanquin suggest that the Portuguese may have associated the two. As to the South Asian vernacular via which the word was transmitted from Sanskrit, they further note that ‘most people in Calcutta kept a palanquin and a set of bearers (usually natives of Orissa)’, but it seems more likely that the intermediary was a language of western or southern India rather than one of eastern India, such as Oriya. N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (pælănkī·n) /pælənˈkiːn/. society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > conveyance carried by person or animal > [noun] > litter α. 1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici f. 11 Making readye to depart, with two Palanchines or little Litters, which are very commodious for the waye. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten i. xv. 27/1 Great and thicke reeds, which are vsed in India to make the Pallankins, wherein they carry the women. 1612 R. Coverte 37 He is brought vpon an Elephant..and sometimes in a Pollankan, carried by foure slaues. 1613 S. Purchas v. ix. 416 Set it in a Palamkin, which was borne by the chiefe men of the Towne. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 82 in Sometimes carried in Palanquines, which are a kind of Litters or Sedans, carried by two men upon their shoulders with a bar. 1704 tr. P. Baldæus Descr. Ceylon in A. Churchill & J. Churchill III. 690/1 The Empress's Palankin or Litter. 1773 W. Kenrick ii. iii. 24 I must attend the General Court—what ho! without—my palanqueen there! a1811 J. Leyden tr. (1821) xi. 102 It was incumbent on the pangulu bandahari to lay hold of the front of the palankeen on the right. 1885 A. Dobson 177 Behold the hero of the scene, In bungalow and palankeen. 1968 T. C. Chubb 61 Within His gold-encrusted palanquin he sat, Despondent, irritable, while his ears Rang with this gloomy clamor. 1988 L. Dhingra xiii. 54 Elaborate wedding saris in reds and deep pinks, an ornate antique palanquin hiding a veiled and decked-up bride. Compounds 1810 in (MS 0I0C BL E/4/905) 45 593 We approve the grant of palanquin allowance to the chaplain doing duty at Vellore and Arcot. 1913 28 264 At this time the usual method of recognizing valour was..in the case of a native soldier or officer a medal or a palanquin allowance. society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > by a person > litter- or palanquin-bearer 1792 R. Jones 18 Kubaur, a palanqueen bearer. 1993 A. Chaudhuri xii. 49 The tabla and harmonium players behave like palanquin-bearers carrying a precious burden. society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > by a person > litter- or palanquin-bearer 1698 J. Fryer 34 Ambling after these a great pace, the Palenkeen-Boys support them. 1837 (1843) 89 I have had all the palanquin-boys, who are the best housemaids here, hard at work. 2001 (Nexis) 5 May 18 Politely refusing the offers of the palanquin boys who carry elderly pilgrims up the 800 steps to the shrine, we walked slowly up the long staircase. 1837 H. Lawrence July (1980) 35 Mr. Cotterill's conveyance was waiting for me. It was a palanquin carriage, shaped like an oblong box with a well below for the feet, holding four people and Venetianed all round. 1852 May 469 The processions on this occasion are very lively, whilst the display of palanquin carriages adds to the gayness of the scene. 2003 (Nexis) 6 Jan. Artefacts [at the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum] include..a bridal palanquin carriage from India, used for Hindu wedding ceremonies. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly xlvi, in 17 Nov. 1454/2 The roof of our palanquin-phaeton was of blue cloth. society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > conveyance carried by person or animal > [noun] > litter > carrying pole 1837 (1843) 163 He..put his shoulder under the palanquin-pole, and set off with his song again. 1988 (Nexis) 15 Oct. 21 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was being carried by about three or four divisions, at best—with all the rest managing to hang from the palanquin poles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † palanquinv.Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: palanquin n. Etymology: < palanquin n. Obsolete. society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > transport or convey by carrying [verb (intransitive)] > travel in a palanquin 1809 J. C. Cross i. 78 Missee sisters, both married, huzza! Palanquin'd home by two tree-tail'd bashaw, Dancee like mad for joy! 1832 340/1 They..are content to hookah and palanquin it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2019). <  n.1588 v.1809 |
