köken: From French palanquin, from Portuguese palanquim (“palanquin, palanquin-bearer”), from Odia ପାଲଙ୍କି (pālaṅki, “litter”), ultimately from Sanskrit पल्यङ्क (palyaṅka), variant of पर्यङ्क (paryaṅka, “bed, couch, litter”).
köken: From Portuguese palanquim, from Odia ପାଲଙ୍କି (pālaṅki, “litter”), from Sanskrit पल्यङ्क (palyaṅka), variant of पर्यङ्क (paryaṅka, “bed, couch, litter”) of uncertain origin.
köken: First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 가마〮 (Yale: kàmá). Possibly cognate with Japanese 窯 (kama, “kiln; oven; cauldron”). Compare also 감— (gam-, “to be black”).
köken: From English palanquin, from Portuguese palanquim, from Odia ପାଲଙ୍କି (pālaṅki), ultimately from Sanskrit पल्यङ्क (palyaṅka), variant of पर्यङ्क (paryaṅka, “bed, couch, litter”).
köken: From English palanquin, from Portuguese palanquim, from Odia ପାଲଙ୍କି (pālaṅki), ultimately from Sanskrit पल्यङ्क (palyaṅka), variant of पर्यङ्क (paryaṅka, “bed, couch, litter”).
köken: From French palanquin, from Portuguese palanquim, from Odia ପାଲଙ୍କି (pālaṅki, “litter”), from Sanskrit पल्यङ्क (palyaṅka), variant of पर्यङ्क (paryaṅka, “bed, couch, litter”) of uncertain origin.
köken: From English palanquin, from Portuguese palanquim, from Odia ପାଲଙ୍କି (pālaṅki), ultimately from Sanskrit पल्यङ्क (palyaṅka), variant of पर्यङ्क (paryaṅka, “bed, couch, litter”).
hammock-porter · hammock on a carrying pole · palanquin
köken: It originally meant "hammock on a carrying pole". According to Vương Trung Hiếu (2021), it also had an extended, now obsolete, meaning "hammock-porter"; earlier, J. F. M. Génibrel attests to the compound chơn cáng ("porteurs en filet [hammock-porters]").