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pun·kah or punka pun′ka (puŋ′kə)

noun

in India, a large fan made from the palmyra leaf, or a large, swinging fan consisting of canvas stretched over a rectangular frame and hung from the ceiling

Etymology: Hindi pankhā < Sans pakshaka, fan < paksha, wing

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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