punkahwallah
English
Alternative forms
- punkah wallah
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi पंखावाला (paṅkhāvālā); also analyzable within English as punkah + wallah.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpʌŋkəˌwɒlə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpʌŋkəˌwɑlə/
Noun
punkahwallah (plural punkahwallahs)
- (South Asia) A servant who operates a punkah (type of fan).
Translations
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
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