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Definitions
A large hanging fan once used to move air in a room.
Word origin
Borrowed from Hindi पंखा (paṅkhā, “fan”), from Sanskrit पक्षक (pakṣaka), from पक्ष (pakṣa, “wing”).
Used in a sentence
“A punkah is, by some, used instead of a chattah, (or umbrella); but it is very inferior as a defence against either sun, wind, or rain.”
“Outside the court the sun blazed—within was the wind of great punkahs that made you shiver …”
“In the refreshment room a few would-be passengers were cooled by the punkah, worked by a string tied to the big toe of a sleepy Burmese boy.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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