PUNKAH


Meaning of PUNKAH in English

/pung"keuh/ , n.

1. (esp. in India) a fan, esp. a large, swinging, screenlike fan hung from the ceiling and moved by a servant or by machinery.

adj.

2. of, pertaining to, used on, or working a punkah: punkah ropes.

Also, punka .

[ 1615-25; pankha ]

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