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n. A fan used especially in India, made of a palm frond or strip of cloth hung from the ceiling and moved by a servant.

n. Alternative spelling of punkah.

n. 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.

n. In the East Indies, a fan of any kind; specifically, a swinging screen consisting of cloth stretched on a rectangular frame, hung from the ceiling and kept in motion by a servant, or in some cases by machinery, by means of which the air of an apartment is agitated.

"We shall begin by directing our attention to the suspended punka, which is usually hung from the ceiling, and put in movement by a cord."

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