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Webster Dictionary

  1. Punkanoun

    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

  2. Etymology: [Hind. pankh fan.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Punka

    Punkah, pung′ka, n. a large fan for cooling the air of an Indian house, consisting of a light framework covered with cloth and suspended from the ceiling of a room, worked by pulling a cord or by machinery. [Hind. pankha, a fan.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of punka in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of punka in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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