a large fan type, common on the Indian subcontinent, especially made from a leaf or from cloth, typically hung from the ceiling, designed to cool a room, often operated manually by a boy (servant)
in the past, a large fan that was hung across a room and was swung backwards and forwards by hand
a large fan consisting of a frame covered with canvas that is suspended from the ceiling; used in India for circulating air in a room
punkah
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pun·kah
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() From Hindi pańkhā ‘fan’, from Sanskrit पकशक pakśaka, from पकश pakśa ‘wing’.