Meaning

1 senses

  1. (South Asia)A servant who operates a punkah (type of fan).

Translations

1 languages

Origin

Borrowed from Hindi पंखावाला (paṅkhāvālā); also analyzable within English as punkah + wall

Borrowed from Hindi पंखावाला (paṅkhāvālā); also analyzable within English as punkah + wallah.

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Forms

plural: punkahwallahs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
punitiveC2punkpuntpunterpuny
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