n. 1 (in India) a fan usu. made from the leaf of the palmyra. 2 a large swinging cloth fan on a frame worked by a cord or electrically. punkah-wallah a person who works a punkah.
[ Hindi pankha fan f. Skr. paksaka f. paksa wing ]
PUNKAH
Meaning of PUNKAH in English
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012