panca

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See also: Panca, pANCA, p-ANCA, pañca, pança, and panca-

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian

Noun

panca

  1. paw

Declension

Declension of panca
singular plural
nominative panca pancalar
genitive pancanıñ pancalarnıñ
dative pancağa pancalarğa
accusative pancanı pancalarnı
locative pancada pancalarda
ablative pancadan pancalardan

References

French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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Noun

panca m (plural pancas)

  1. punkah, a type of fan consisting in a screen suspended by the ceiling, as traditionally used in tropical colonies, notably the Indies
  2. punkahwallah, a servant (typically a boy) who operates it manually

References

  • Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese *paanca (cf. the derived term paancada, 13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin palanca, perhaps from Latin phalanga, from the accusative form of Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “log, trunk, body of soldiers, etc.”). Cf. Spanish palanca, English plank, planch.

Pronunciation

Noun

panca f (plural pancas)

  1. lever
  2. shaft
    Synonyms: lata, temón
  3. (informal) sloth
    Synonyms: nugalla, preguiza

Derived terms

References

  • “paancada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “panca” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “panca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “panca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “panca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Indonesian

Indonesian cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6  > 
    Cardinal : panca

Etymology

From Malay panca, from Sanskrit पञ्चन् (páñcan), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Numeral

panca

  1. five

Synonyms

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Lombardic panch, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. Doublet of banca and banco.

Pronunciation

Noun

panca f (plural panche)

  1. bench
  2. pew
  3. the part of a stirrup on which a rider puts their foot

Derived terms

Further reading

  • panca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • panca in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Malay

Malay cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6  > 
    Cardinal : panca

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit पञ्चन् (páñcan), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pánča, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Pronunciation

Numeral

panca (Jawi spelling ڤنچا)

  1. five
    Synonym: lima

Related terms

Portuguese

Etymology

From palanca (“lever”).

Pronunciation

Noun

panca f (plural pancas)

  1. wooden lever
  2. (colloquial) craze, obsession
  3. (in the plural) difficulties

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

From Quechua p'anqa.

Noun

panca f (plural pancas)

  1. (Andes) dried maize leaf

Further reading

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