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Other / Vocab Item | | English term or phrase: Fan Operator | Greetings,
In other words, I'm looking for the Hindi for the English word Punkawallah as featured on this page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punkawallah
Is “Punkawallah” a genuine Hindi word? I'm a little suspicious of English urban myths about other languages.
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| | पंखाकुली, पंखावाला, छत पंखा कुली, बादकश कुली | Explanation:
पंखाकुली = पंखा खींचनेवाला नौकर (a servant who pulls a hanging fan).
पंखावाला, छत पंखा कुली, बादकश कुली all refer to पंखाकुली.
In olden days, when there were no electric fans in India, hand-held fans or roof-hung fans were used. The roof-hung fans were very heavy and some servant or coolie used to operate them.
These fans were of a rectangular shape and were generally made of thick cloth with a string or rope attached to them. When the string was pulled and released, the fan used to move.
The person who used to operate these fans was called पंखाकुली or पंखावाला, छत पंखा कुली, बादकश कुली
Examples:
अंदर हाल में विक्टोरियन फ़र्नीचर और छत पर लटकता हुआ हाथ से खींचने वाला पंखा। दोपहर में पंखा-कुली पंखा खींचते-खींचते ऊंघ जाता है तो मिस्टर पीटर जे.डेविड डिप्टी कलेक्टर अपने विलायती जूतों की ठोकरों से उसके काले बदन पर नीले रंग के फल उगा देते हैं।
wikisource.org/wiki/केक
आँखें झपते-झपते बंद हो गई, हाथ धीमा पड़ते- पड़ते रूक गया; और पंखाकुली सपना देखने लगा। ...
pustak.org/bs/home.php?bookid=2456 |
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24 mins confidence: | fan operator पंखावाला, पंखा घुमाने वाला
Explanation:
I have seen many pictures of "Punkawallahs" in the history books. They were servants who were appointed for manual fanning.
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Note added at 30 मिनट (2009-01-17 08:58:07 GMT)
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Ref: http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=2006081211223...
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Note added at 46 मिनट (2009-01-17 09:14:23 GMT)
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Punkawallah is a Hindi term and has a historical connotation. This term can be found in some history books dealing with British India.
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2 hrs confidence: | fan operator पंखाकुली, पंखावाला, छत पंखा कुली, बादकश कुली
Explanation:
पंखाकुली = पंखा खींचनेवाला नौकर (a servant who pulls a hanging fan).
पंखावाला, छत पंखा कुली, बादकश कुली all refer to पंखाकुली.
In olden days, when there were no electric fans in India, hand-held fans or roof-hung fans were used. The roof-hung fans were very heavy and some servant or coolie used to operate them.
These fans were of a rectangular shape and were generally made of thick cloth with a string or rope attached to them. When the string was pulled and released, the fan used to move.
The person who used to operate these fans was called पंखाकुली or पंखावाला, छत पंखा कुली, बादकश कुली
Examples:
अंदर हाल में विक्टोरियन फ़र्नीचर और छत पर लटकता हुआ हाथ से खींचने वाला पंखा। दोपहर में पंखा-कुली पंखा खींचते-खींचते ऊंघ जाता है तो मिस्टर पीटर जे.डेविड डिप्टी कलेक्टर अपने विलायती जूतों की ठोकरों से उसके काले बदन पर नीले रंग के फल उगा देते हैं।
wikisource.org/wiki/केक
आँखें झपते-झपते बंद हो गई, हाथ धीमा पड़ते- पड़ते रूक गया; और पंखाकुली सपना देखने लगा। ...
pustak.org/bs/home.php?bookid=2456
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