The story
- Sanskrit · derived fromपक्षक
- Hindi · borrowed fromपंखा“fan”
- English todaypunkah
Borrowed from Hindi पंखा (paṅkhā, “fan”), from Sanskrit पक्षक (pakṣaka), from पक्ष (pakṣa, “wing”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Today it means: A fan, particularly a large fan made of leaf or cloth and hung from the ceiling, (historical) formerly often operated by a servant. Full definition →
Hindi पंखा ← Sanskrit पक्षक