palankin

palankin englanniksi

1. (archaic form of).

2. 1916 July, (w) & al., "Padre Maestro Fray Seb. Manrique in Bengal (1628(ndas)Sept. 11, 1629)", ''Bengal Past & Present'', Vol. XIII, No. 25, p. 32:

(w) writes in the same strain: "And these two, the palankins and the andors kind of doli also differ from one another, for in the andor the cane which sustains it is, as it is in the reti, straight; whereas in the palankin, for the greater convenience of the inmate, and to give more room for raising his head, the cane is arched upwards like this, _∩_..."

3. palanquin (gloss)