punkah

Definitions


[ˈpʌŋkə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in India) a large cloth fan on a frame suspended from the ceiling, moved backwards and forwards by pulling on a cord
(e.g: the punkah wallah fell asleep over his task)


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Origin:
via Hindi from Sanskrit pakṣaka, from pakṣa ‘wing’




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