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