паланка

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Italian palanca (“fortress with fence”), from Latin phalanx, from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “trunk”).[1].

Noun

паланка • (palanka) f

  1. (archaic) a small town, a big village

Inflection
Inflection of паланка
singular plural
indefinite паланка паланки
definite паланката паланките
vocative form паланко паланки

References
  1. 'Duridanov I., Račeva M., Todorov T., editors (1996), “паланка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume V, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 21

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پلنقه‎ (palanka).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pǎlaːnka/
  • Hyphenation: па‧лан‧ка

Noun

па̀ла̄нка f (Latin spelling pàlānka)

  1. a small town on the Balkans
  2. a type of wooden fortress on the roads of Ottoman Empire built for the protection of travelers

Declension
Declension of паланка
singular plural
nominative па̀ла̄нка паланке
genitive паланке па̀лана̄ка̄ / па̀ла̄нкӣ
dative па̀ла̄нци паланкама
accusative паланку паланке
vocative паланко паланке
locative па̀ла̄нци паланкама
instrumental паланком паланкама
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