lunkah|ˈlʌŋkə| [Orig.attrib. use of Hindi laŋka, the local term for the ‘islands’ of the Godavery Delta in which the tobacco is grown (Yule Hobson-Jobson 1886).] A kind of strong cheroot. 1889Doyle Sign of Four i. 5 Some murder has been done by a man who was smoking an Indian lunkah.