punkah

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von punkah im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

yelpaze

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von punkah im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

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

Silbentrennung

pun·kah

Etymologie

() From Hindi pańkhā ‘fan’, from Sanskrit पकशक pakśaka, from पकश pakśa ‘wing’.