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Punkah
A punkah, also pankha (, Hindi: , ), is a type of fan used since the early 6th century BC. Legacy
The term was carried over to punkah louvre, to refer to the outlet for cool air in aircraft, particularly those over the passenger seats.
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punka
‖ punkah, punka, n. E. Ind. (ˈpʌŋkə) Forms: 7 punkaw, panhah, panha, (8 erron. punker, -ar), 9 (pankah, phoonka), punk-ha, punkah, punka. [a. Hindī pankhā a fan, orig. a hand-fan:—Skr. pakshaka fan, f. paksha wing.] 1. ‘A portable fan, generally made from the leaf of the palmyra’ (Yule and Burnell)....
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Panka
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*pank'a, in Persian units of measurement, one pace, approximately 1.5 meters (5 feet)
Pankha, Hindu for the punkah
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punker
▪ I. † ˈpunker Obs. [f. punk n.1 or v. + -er1.] One who frequents the company of punks.1736 Addison tr. Petronius Arbiter 87 He was a great Punker, and nothing that wore a Cap came amiss to him.▪ II. punker, n.2 colloq. (chiefly N. Amer.). (ˈpʌŋkə(r)) [f. punk n.3 + -er1, perh. as a shorter form of ...
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Barbar Bhatti
He is best known for the part of punkah wallah Rumzan in the BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum, his first role.
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The Residency, Penang
Fittings and furnishing pushed the overall cost of the mansion to $81,000, and includes a manually-powered Indian punkah within its Banquet Hall.
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volucrine
ˈvolucrine, a. rare—1. [f. as prec. + -ine.] Of or pertaining to, arising from, birds.1881 P. Robinson Under Punkah 23 The volucrine clamour continued unabated... The passage was filled with bird-cages.
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Melrose (Natchez, Mississippi)
The central and back hall provide a fine example of painted floor cloth that is original to the house, and another feature is the punkah found in the dining
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chokra
chokra India. (ˈtʃəʊkrə) [Hind. chhokrā.] A boy, youngster; esp. one employed as servant in a household or in a regiment.1875 A. Wilson Abode of Snow 136 He was dubbed ‘the Chokra’, or simply ‘boy’. 1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales (1896) 51 The two natives—the open-mouthed, gaping chokra, the respec...
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The Punkah Louvre
In 1922, Alexander William Stewart invented and patented the Punkah Louvre after many experiments. The Punkah Louvre was manufactured in three types each suited to a particular kind of delivery.
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whippable
whippable, a. (ˈhwɪpəb(ə)l) [f. whip v. 6 + -able.] Liable to be whipped.1853 Blackw. Mag. Dec. 643 Two sorrowful, whippable alumni stood each beside a ‘tree of knowledge’. 1881 Phil Robinson Under the Punkah 216 The distinctive feature of this period of life [sc. boyhood], is popularly supposed to ...
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Yogmaya Temple
Yogamaya had appeared in her dream and the Queen praying for her son's safe return had vowed to place punkah made of flowers at the Yogmaya temple and First started in 1812, the festival has today, become an important inter-faith festivals of Delhi, and includes offering a floral punkah to the deity at
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Alexander William Stewart
Another invention was the punkah louvre ventilator, which found application in both naval and mercantile ships for many countries, and for the builders
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your metal Valley we want to move to Google garden out this is the woofer to metal Daniel this is water okay and then when the water points he gave me a punkah
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