בנק

Hebrew

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's bench or table”), from Lombardic bank (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”). Cognate with Old High German banc, banch (“counter, bench”), Old English benċ (“bench”). More at bench.

Pronunciation

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Noun

בַּנְק • (bánk) m (plural indefinite בַּנְקִים, singular construct בַּנְק־, plural construct בַּנְקֵי־)

1. (countable) bank (an institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs)

Derived terms

• בַּנְק דָּם (bank-dám)
• בַּנְק מֶרְכָּזִי (bank merkazí)

References

• “בנק” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• "בנק" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• בנק on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Anagrams

• נקב