Talk:Punkah
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The word 'Palmyra' is linked to the historical place, which can't be right - you can't make a fan out of a place. 83.104.35.87 (talk) 05:20, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
- Fixed link to Borassus. - BanyanTree 12:32, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
The word is Punkha, not Punkah
[edit]The word 'Pankha' originated from 'Pankh', the wings of a bird, which produce a draft when flapped. Pankahwalah is actually islamisation of an Indian word, probably by the Europeans, mainly the British, who would regularly jumble up pronunciation of the words of the subcontinent. Bkpsusmitaa (talk) 12:51, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
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