[puhng-kuh] 
| 1. | (esp. in India) a fan, esp. a large, swinging, screenlike fan hung from the ceiling and moved by a servant or by machinery. |
| 2. | of, pertaining to, used on, or working a punkah: punkah ropes. |
| pun·ka or pun·kah (pŭng'kə) n. A fan used especially in India, made of a palm frond or strip of cloth hung from the ceiling and moved by a servant. [Hindi paṅkhá, from Sanskrit pakṣakaḥ, fan, from pakṣaḥ, wing.] |