'Punka' definitions:
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Punka \Pun"ka\, n. [Hind. pankh[=a] fan.]
A machine for fanning a room, usually a movable fanlike frame
covered with canvas, and suspended from the ceiling. It is
kept in motion by pulling a cord. [Hindostan] [Written also
punkah.] --Malcom.
[1913 Webster]
