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单词 punkah
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pun•kah  (pung′kə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. British Empire(esp. in India) a fan, esp. a large, swinging, screenlike fan hung from the ceiling and moved by a servant or by machinery.

adj. 
  1. British Empireof, pertaining to, used on, or working a punkah:punkah ropes.
Also, pun′ka. 
  • Hindi paṅkhā
  • 1615–25

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
punka, punkah /ˈpʌŋkə/ n
  1. a fan made of a palm leaf or leaves
Etymology: 17th Century: from Hindi pankhā, from Sanskrit paksaka fan, from paksa wing
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