punkahwallah

English

Alternative forms

  • punkah wallah

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

punkahwallah (plural punkahwallahs)

  1. (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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