Bulgarian

Noun

паланка • ‎(palanka) f

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

Inflection

References

1. ↑ 'Duridanov I., Račeva M., Todorov T., editors (1996), “паланка”, in Bǎlgarski etimologičen rečnik [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