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punkaw

punkaw is the archaic form of punkah.

Meaning of punkah

Noun

punkah (plural punkahs)

  1. (Myanmar, South-Asia) A fan, particularly a large fan made of leaf or cloth and hung from the ceiling, (historical) formerly often operated by a servant.
    • A punkah is, by some, used instead of a chattah, (or umbrella); but it is very inferior as a defence against either sun, wind, or rain.1810, Thomas Williamson, East India Vade-Mecum..., page 313

Forms of punkaw

pluralpunkaws

Questions about punkaw

What is punkaw the archaic form of?
Punkaw is the archaic form of punkah.

Words near punkaw in the dictionary

  1. punkahs
  2. punkahwallah
  3. punkahwallahs
  4. Punkalaidun
  5. punkas
  6. punkaw
  7. punkaws
  8. punkdom
  9. punked
  10. punked out
  11. punker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: punkaw (page history and authors); punkah (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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