"punkah" meaning in English

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        "1": "en",
        "2": "hi",
        "3": "पंखा",
        "4": "",
        "5": "fan"
      },
      "expansion": "Hindi पंखा (paṅkhā, “fan”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "पक्षक"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit पक्षक (pakṣaka)",
      "name": "der"
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        "1": "sa",
        "2": "पक्ष",
        "3": "",
        "4": "wing"
      },
      "expansion": "पक्ष (pakṣa, “wing”)",
      "name": "m"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hindi पंखा (paṅkhā, “fan”), from Sanskrit पक्षक (pakṣaka), from पक्ष (pakṣa, “wing”).",
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      "form": "punkahs",
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        "plural"
      ]
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Myanmar English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "South Asian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "punkahwallah"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1900, Joseph Conrad, chapter 4, in Lord Jim",
          "text": "Outside the court the sun blazed—within was the wind of great punkahs that made you shiver …",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 325",
          "text": "In the refreshment room a few would-be passengers were cooled by the punkah, worked by a string tied to the big toe of a sleepy Burmese boy.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise",
          "text": "Perhaps it was a mistake to invite Mr Stanhope; the day was intolerably hot and humid; all he wanted to do was to lie on his bed with a punkah sighing over him, at least moving the unbreathable air.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A fan, especially made of leaf or cloth and hung from the ceiling; in the past often operated by a servant."
      ],
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          "fan",
          "fan"
        ],
        [
          "leaf",
          "leaf"
        ],
        [
          "cloth",
          "cloth"
        ],
        [
          "ceiling",
          "ceiling"
        ],
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(South Asia, Myanmar) A fan, especially made of leaf or cloth and hung from the ceiling; in the past often operated by a servant."
      ],
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "panka",
          "sense": "fan",
          "word": "ပန်ကာ"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "fan",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "panka"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fan",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Pankha"
        },
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "paṅkhā",
          "sense": "fan",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "पंखा"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pankxá",
          "sense": "fan",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "панкха́"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "opaxálo",
          "sense": "fan",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "опаха́ло"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "pankhā",
          "sense": "fan",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "پنکھا"
        }
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpʌŋkə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpʌŋkɑː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌŋkə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "punkah"
}

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      "word": "punkahwallah"
    }
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      "name": "bor"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "पक्ष",
        "3": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "पक्ष (pakṣa, “wing”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hindi पंखा (paṅkhā, “fan”), from Sanskrit पक्षक (pakṣaka), from पक्ष (pakṣa, “wing”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "punkahs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "English terms derived from Hindi",
        "English terms derived from Sanskrit",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Myanmar English",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Rhymes:English/ʌŋkə",
        "Rhymes:English/ʌŋkə/2 syllables",
        "South Asian English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1900, Joseph Conrad, chapter 4, in Lord Jim",
          "text": "Outside the court the sun blazed—within was the wind of great punkahs that made you shiver …",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 325",
          "text": "In the refreshment room a few would-be passengers were cooled by the punkah, worked by a string tied to the big toe of a sleepy Burmese boy.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise",
          "text": "Perhaps it was a mistake to invite Mr Stanhope; the day was intolerably hot and humid; all he wanted to do was to lie on his bed with a punkah sighing over him, at least moving the unbreathable air.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A fan, especially made of leaf or cloth and hung from the ceiling; in the past often operated by a servant."
      ],
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          "fan",
          "fan"
        ],
        [
          "leaf",
          "leaf"
        ],
        [
          "cloth",
          "cloth"
        ],
        [
          "ceiling",
          "ceiling"
        ],
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(South Asia, Myanmar) A fan, especially made of leaf or cloth and hung from the ceiling; in the past often operated by a servant."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Myanmar",
        "South-Asia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpʌŋkə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpʌŋkɑː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌŋkə"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "panka",
      "sense": "fan",
      "word": "ပန်ကာ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fan",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "panka"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fan",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pankha"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "paṅkhā",
      "sense": "fan",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "पंखा"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pankxá",
      "sense": "fan",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "панкха́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opaxálo",
      "sense": "fan",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "опаха́ло"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "pankhā",
      "sense": "fan",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "پنکھا"
    }
  ],
  "word": "punkah"
}