PUNKAH


Meaning of PUNKAH in English

/ ˈpʌŋkə; NAmE ; -kɑː/ noun

1.

( IndE ) an electric fan

2.

(in India in the past) a large cloth fan that hung from the ceiling and that was moved by pulling a string

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WORD ORIGIN

via Hindi from Sanskrit pakṣaka , from pakṣa wing.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.