Palanquin (noun)
pa-lan-keen
(in India and the East) a covered seat for one passenger, consisting of a large box carried on two horizontal poles by four or six bearers.
Late 16th century from Portuguese palanquim, from Oriya pālaṅki, based on Sanskrit palyanka ‘bed, couch’.
Example sentences
“The palanquin was carried by four robed men.”
Meraki (Μεράκι) (Greek) (noun) me-rah-kee To do something with soul, creativity, and love. When someone cooks with meraki, builds with meraki, writes with meraki, they’ve poured themselves into it. Derived…
