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Word: Punkah
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
via Hindi from Sanskrit pakṣaka, from pakṣa ‘wing’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈpʌŋkə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(in India) a large cloth fan on a frame suspended from the ceiling, moved backwards and forwards by pulling on a cord
Short Definition:large cloth fan on frame suspended from ceiling
Examples:- the punkah wallah fell asleep over his task
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