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bankë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Italian banca, or more likely through Venetan. Possibly also through French banque or even English bank, though it was used since Buzuku (1555).[1]

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    bankë f (plural banka, definite banka, definite plural bankat)

    1. bank
    2. desk

    Declension

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    Declension of bankë
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative bankë banka banka bankat
    accusative bankën
    dative banke bankës bankave bankave
    ablative bankash

    Derived terms

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    References

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    1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “bankë”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

    Further reading

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    • “bankë”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026