Definitions for punkahs

punkahs pun·kah

Spelling: [puhng-kuh]
IPA: /ˈpʌŋ kə/

Punkahs is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 157 anagrams from letters in punkahs (ahknpsu).

Definitions for punkahs

noun

  1. (especially in India) a fan, especially a large, swinging, screenlike fan hung from the ceiling and moved by a servant or by machinery.

adjective

  1. of, pertaining to, used on, or working a punkah:

Origin of punkahs

First recorded in 1615-25, punkah is from the Hindi word paṅkhā

Examples for punkahs

What would it cost to punkah the whole regiment during the hot season?

A flying stone struck the boom of the punkah, and thumped on the table.

He discovered, too, that it was a good thing to lie in the wave of air under the punkah.

The punkah, too, flapped incessant, and only made the lamp gutter.

The absence of a punkah, a necessity to which he was accustomed, was also a trial.

The nights are dreadful—all for want of a punkah—and hardly any of us get a wink of sleep.

Overhead, the punkah swung slowly, stirring the scented air.

The punkah, a necessary appendage of every house, is worthy of description.

Over the bed was a punkah, which was immediately set in motion.

There was a punkah hanging from the ceiling, but it stood at rest.

Word Value for punkahs
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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