punkah
noun /ˈpʌŋkə/, /ˈpʌŋkɑː/
/ˈpʌŋkə/, /ˈpʌŋkɑː/
- (Indian English) an electric fan
- (in India in the past) a large cloth fan that hung from the ceiling and that was moved by pulling a string
Word Originvia Hindi from Sanskrit pakṣaka, from pakṣa ‘wing’.