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Punkas vs Punkah - What's the difference?

punkas | punkah |

As nouns the difference between punkas and punkah

is that punkas is plural of lang=en while punkah is a type of large fan, 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 servant.

punkas

English

Noun

(head)

    • punkah

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of large fan, 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 servant.
  • *1973 , (w, Patrick O'Brian), HMS Surprise :
  • *:Perhaps it was a mistake to invite Mr Stanhope; the day was intolerably hot and humid; all he wanted to do was to lie on his bed with a punkah sighing over him, at least moving the unbreathable air.

    • Derived terms

    * punkahwallah