Punkah

2 definitions found

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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  punkah
       n : 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