Punka

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Punka \Pun"ka\, n. [Hind. pankh[=a] fan.]
     A machine for fanning a room, usually a movable fanlike frame
     covered with canvas, and suspended from the ceiling. It is
     kept in motion by pulling a cord. [Hindostan] [Written also
     {punkah}.] --Malcom.
     [1913 Webster]