punkah

listen to the pronunciation of punkah
İngilizce - Türkçe
yelpaze
İngilizce - İngilizce
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

    Heceleme

    pun·kah

    Telaffuz

    Etimoloji

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