punkah
noun /ˈpʌŋkə/, /ˈpʌŋkɑː/
/ˈpʌŋkə/, /ˈpʌŋkɑː/
- (Indian English) an electric fan
电风扇 - (in India in the past) a large cloth fan that hung from the ceiling and that was moved by pulling a string
拉风(印度旧时悬挂于天花板用绳子拉动的布屏风扇)
词源via Hindi from Sanskrit pakṣaka, from pakṣa ‘wing’.