Home › Words › P › palankapalankapalanka means A permanently entrenched wooden camp attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, palanka ranks #16,013 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Ottoman Turkish پلانقه (palanka). Doublet of planch, plank, and phalanx.nounA permanently entrenched wooden camp attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).