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

Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian [Term?]

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panca

  1. paw

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French

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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

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

Galician

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Etymology

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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.

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panca f (plural pancas)

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

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Indonesian

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Indonesian cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6  > 
    Cardinal : panca

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

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panca

  1. five

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Italian

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Etymology

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

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panca f (plural panche)

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

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

Malay

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Malay cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6  > 
    Cardinal : panca

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

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panca (Jawi spelling ڤنچا)

  1. five
    Synonym: lima
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Portuguese

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From palanca (lever).

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panca f (plural pancas)

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

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Spanish

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From Quechua p'anqa.

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panca f (plural pancas)

  1. (Andes) dried maize leaf

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