पंखा پنکھا ♣ Eng. pectoral

पंखा پنکھا ♣ Eng. pectoral

[pankʰā], m. a fan.

[◀MIA: Pk. paṁkha- m. ‘wing’, paṁkhuḍī-, °ḍiyā- f. pakkha- m. ‘wing, side, fortnight’; Pa. pakkha- m. ‘wing, side (of body or house), faction’ ◀OIA pakṣá- m. ‘wing, feather, fin, shoulder, side’ RV., ‘side of a building’ AV., ‘party, troop’ MBh., pákṣas- n. ‘side’ RV. ◀PIE *(peg- :) pog- : pōg-, pō̆k-s- ‘shoulder, hip, side’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. pectoral ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0274; (Turner, 1966) 7627; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 380; (MW, 1899) 0573; (Pokorny, 1959) 0792; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.062