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punkah
or pun·ka
[ puhng-kuh ]
/ ˈpʌŋ kə /
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noun
(especially in India) a fan, especially a large, swinging, screenlike fan hung from the ceiling and moved by a servant or by machinery.
adjective
of, pertaining to, used on, or working a punkah: punkah ropes.
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Origin of punkah
First recorded in 1615–25, punkah is from the Hindi word paṅkhā
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