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PALANQUIN (pronounced palankeen, a form in which it is sometimes spelled)

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 594 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PAI-PAS
PALANQUIN (pronounced palankeen, a form in which it is sometimes spelled) , a covered litter used in India and other Eastern countries. It is usually some eight feet
long
  by four feet in width and
depth
 , fitted with movable blinds or shutters, and slung on poles carried by four bearers. Indian and Chinese women of rank always travelled in palanquin, and they were largely used by European residents in India before the railways. The norimono of Japan and the kiaotsu of
China
  differ from the Indian palanquin only in the method of attaching the poles to the
body
  of the
conveyance
 . The word came into European use through Port. palanquim, which represents an
East
  Indian word seen in several forms, e.g. Malay and Javanese palangki, Hindostani palki,
Pali
  pallanko, &c., all in the sense of litter,
couch
 , bed. The Sansk. paryanka,
couch
 , bed, the source of all these words, is derived from parr, round, about, and anka, hook. The Nev rEnglish Dictionary points out the curious resemblance of these words with the Latin use of phalanga (Gr. ,aAayE) for a bearing or carrying
pole
 , whence the Span. palanca and palanquino, a bearer.


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