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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PUNKA

From Hindi pankhā, from Sanskrit paksaka fan, from paksa wing.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PUNKA

punka  [ˈpʌŋkə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUNKA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Punka is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PUNKA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

punka

Punkah

A punkah is a type of fan used since the early 500 B.C.. The word pankha originated from pankh, the wings of a bird which produce a draft when flapped. In its original sense in South Asia, punkah typically describes a handheld fan made from a single frond of palmyra palm or a woven square of bamboo strips, rattan or other plant fibre, that can be rotated or fanned. These are called punkah in Hindustani. These small handheld devices are still used by millions when ceiling fans stop working during frequent power outages. In the colonial age, the word came to be used in a special sense by Anglo-Indians in British India for a large swinging fan, fixed to the ceiling, and pulled by a coolie, called the punkawallah, during the hot weather. The date of this invention is not known, but it was familiar to the Arabs as early as the 8th century. It was not commonly used in India before the end of the 18th century. The electric fan largely supplanted it in barracks and other large buildings at the beginning of the 20th century.

Definition of punka in the English dictionary

The definition of punka in the dictionary is a fan made of a palm leaf or leaves.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PUNKA


blunker
ˈblʌŋkə
bunker
ˈbʌŋkə
clunker
ˈklʌŋkə
debunker
diːˈbʌŋkə
Dunker
ˈdʌŋkə
flunker
ˈflʌŋkə
funker
ˈfʌŋkə
hunker
ˈhʌŋkə
kunkar
ˈkʌŋkə
lunker
ˈlʌŋkə
mossbunker
ˈmɒsˌbʌŋkə
plunker
ˈplʌŋkə
punkah
ˈpʌŋkə
punker
ˈpʌŋkə
spelunker
spɪˈlʌŋkə
younker
ˈjʌŋkə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUNKA

punitively
punitiveness
punitory
Punjab
Punjab States
Punjabi
punji
punk
punk rock
punk rocker
punkah
punker
punkey
punkish
punky
punned
punner
punnet
punning
punningly

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUNKA

Banka
Bullamakanka
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Dinka
Glinka
golomynka
keitai tanka
palinka
Soyinka
Sri Lanka
stotinka
tanka
Treblinka
ziganka

Synonyms and antonyms of punka in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «punka» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUNKA

Find out the translation of punka to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of punka from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «punka» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

punka
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

punka
570 millions of speakers

English

punka
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

punka
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

punka
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Punka
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

punka
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টানাপাখা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

punka
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Punka
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Punka
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

punka
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

punka
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Punka
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

punka
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

punka
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पंक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Punka
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

punka
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Punka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Punka
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

PunkA
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

punka
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

punka
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Punka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

punka
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of punka

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUNKA»

The term «punka» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.036 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUNKA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «punka» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «punka» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about punka

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUNKA»

Discover the use of punka in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to punka and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hungarian Aces of World War 2
One year later the unit returned home in order to defend Hungarian cities from American heavy bombers, and pilots such as Dezsö Szentgyörgyi and György Debrödy scored the bulk of their kills in desperate battles against American ...
György Punka, 2002
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Target: Tinos: An Inspector Kaldis Mystery
Punka looked nervously at the six. “Your friends are smart enough to know better. Are you?” Punka pushed himself back from the table, stood up, and walked toward the door. Andreas followed, nodding to the six as he walked by their table.
Jeffrey Siger, 2012
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Heinkel He 111 in Action
The German He 111 went from high speed airliner to medium bomber during the 1930s and served on all fronts during WWII.
George Punka, 2002
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Fossils and Strata, Lower Ordovician Trilobites of the ...
If this interpretation is correct, the pygidial differences between Punka and Licnocephala are likely ofreal significance. Chapmanopyge isanother more orless plesiomorphic genustypified by a sharply definedinner margin ofthepygidial border.
Richard A. Fortey, David L. Bruton, 2013
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Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge: Vol.17
known to Europeans occupied the banks of the Missouri River from the mouth of the Punka on the north, to the junction of the Missouri and Mississippi, and thence down the latter river to the mouth of the Arkansas on the south. In their dialects ...
‎1871
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Introduction
known to Europeans occupied the banks of the Missouri River from the mouth of the Punka on the north, to the junction of the Missouri and Mississippi, and thence down the latter river to the mouth of the Arkansas on the south. In their dialects ...
‎1871
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Hungarian Air Force
Gennemgang af Det ungarnske Flyvevåben.
George Punka, 1994
8
Miranda the Great
Of course this was Punka, for she gave one of her matchless perpendicular leaps , straight up in the air and then straight down again, said "wah!" in her rasping, husky voice, and down came the kittens, dissolving the pyramid. "Io!" said the big  ...
Eleanor Estes, 2005
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Systems of consanguinity and affinity of the human family
known to Europeans occupied the banks of the Missouri River from the mouth of the Punka on the north, to the junction of the Missouri and Mississippi, and thence down the latter river to the mouth of the Arkansas on the south. In their dialects ...
Lewis Henry Morgan, 1871
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The Past As Legacy: Luke-Acts and Ancient Epic
Argues that the historical occasion of the great literary epics was an analogous situation for the composition of Luke-Acts.
Marianne Palmer Bonz, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUNKA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term punka is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jimmy Page fanem punka
Nie ulega wątpliwości, że wyznawcy punka tolerowali wyłącznie własne środowisko... i muzykę. Starali się za wszelką cenę kroczyć swoimi ścieżkami i przede ... «Tuba.pl, Jul 15»
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Robert Klatt : jego brat poszedł w stronę punka i rocka, a on w …
Jest liderem grupy Classic i dyrektorem festiwalu disco polo w Ostródzie. Zna ten gatunek od podszewki, wie też, ile prawdy jest w legendach o pieniądzach, ... «Onet.pl, Jul 15»
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V Križanke prihaja botra punka Patti Smith
Glasbenica, pesnica, botra punka, revolucionarka, borka za pravice, umetnica, aktivistka, vizionarka – to je le nekaj oznak, ki pa še zdaleč niso dovolj, da bi ... «zurnal24.si, Jul 15»
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Otkriva se skulptura Iggy Popa u Hatzovoj
Zagrebački Tematski park Rock'n'rolla postat će u petak 19. lipnja u 21 sat bogatiji za skulpturu posvećenu Iggy Popu. Smještanjem “Kuma Punka” završit će se ... «Metro-portal, Jun 15»
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Pioniri britanskog punka ponovno dolaze u Zagreb!
Pioniri britanskog punka The Vibrators vraćaju se u Zagreb te u petak, 5. lipnja nastupaju u Vintage Industrial Baru. Povod je promocija hvaljenog novog albuma ... «RTL, Jun 15»
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Fick punka – då försvann båten
Personen körde sin båt på ett släp längs Arkösundsvägen vid Konungsund. Då fick släpet punktering på ett däck. Båtägaren ställde av släp och båt vid ... «Norrköpings Tidningar, May 15»
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Šank?!: "Od punka se očekuje da bude sirov i iskren"
Od punka se očekuje da bude sirov i iskren. Jednostavno radimo ono što volimo, a poklopilo se da veliki broj ljudi dijeli našu emociju. Nema tu nekakve čarobne ... «Muzika.hr, May 15»
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Poison Idea wracają z nową płytą i koncertami. "Królowie punka" na …
Poison Idea, jeden z najwścieklejszych, najbardziej nieprzewidywalnych i swego czasu najszybszych zespołów amerykańskiej sceny niezależnej zagra w ... «Gazeta Wyborcza, Apr 15»
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Hungarian Focke-Wulf Fw-190 Project Emerges
Punka györgy says: March 18 ... Punka György 0630 269 2635. Reply. Editor says: March 18, 2015 at 3:06 pm. Many thanks for your message Punka. We will ... «Warbirds News, Mar 15»
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Lätt få punka på ny väg
Cykelvägen över Lilla Västerbron skulle bli bredare och säkrare – men betongen är full av ståltråd. Ett Facebook-uppror har nu startat mot alla punkteringar. «Dagens Nyheter, Mar 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Punka [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/punka>. May 2024 ».
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