banka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "banka"

Czech

Alternative forms

• bank

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian banca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaŋka]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aŋka

Noun

banka f

1. bank (financial institution)

Declension

Declension of banka (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	banka	banky
genitive	banky	bank
dative	bance	bankám
accusative	banku	banky
vocative	banko	banky
locative	bance	bankách
instrumental	bankou	bankami

Derived terms

• bankéř m
• bankovka f
• bankovnictví n
• bankovní
• krevní banka
• spermobanka

Further reading

• “banka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “banka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “banka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Faroese

Etymology 1

From Old Norse banga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛŋ̊ka/
• Rhymes: -ɛŋ̊ka
• Homophone: bankað

Verb

banka (third person singular past indicative bankaði, third person plural past indicative bankaðu, supine bankað)

1. to knock, tap, rap

Conjugation

Conjugation of banka (group v-30)

infinitive	banka
supine	bankað
	present	past
first singular	banki	bankaði
second singular	bankar	bankaði
third singular	bankar	bankaði
plural	banka	bankaðu
participle (a6)1	bankandi	bankaður
	imperative
singular	banka!
plural	bankið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Related terms

• banga

See also

• berja
• buka
• klappa
• sláa

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaŋ̊ka/
• Rhymes: -aŋ̊ka

Noun

banka

1. inflection of banki:
   1. indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular
   2. indefinite genitive plural

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish banca.

Noun

bánka

1. boat

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpauŋ̊ka/
• Rhymes: -auŋ̊ka

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Danish banke; compare native banga, which is inherited directly from Old Norse.

Verb

banka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bankaði, supine bankað)

1. to knock, to beat [with accusative]

   Synonyms: berja, klappa

Conjugation

banka – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að banka
supine sagnbót		bankað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		bankandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	banka	bankaði		banki	bankaði
	þú	bankar	bankaðir		bankir	bankaðir
	hann, hún, það	bankar	bankaði		banki	bankaði
plural	við	bönkum	bönkuðum		bönkum	bönkuðum
	þið	bankið	bönkuðuð		bankið	bönkuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	banka	bönkuðu		banki	bönkuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	banka (þú), bankaðu
plural	þið	bankið (þið), bankiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

bankast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að bankast
supine sagnbót		bankast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		bankandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	bankast	bankaðist		bankist	bankaðist
	þú	bankast	bankaðist		bankist	bankaðist
	hann, hún, það	bankast	bankaðist		bankist	bankaðist
plural	við	bönkumst	bönkuðumst		bönkumst	bönkuðumst
	þið	bankist	bönkuðust		bankist	bönkuðust
	þeir, þær, þau	bankast	bönkuðust		bankist	bönkuðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	bankast (þú), bankastu
plural	þið	bankist (þið), bankisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

bankaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	bankaður	bönkuð	bankað	bankaðir	bankaðar	bönkuð
accusative (þolfall)	bankaðan	bankaða	bankað	bankaða	bankaðar	bönkuð
dative (þágufall)	bönkuðum	bankaðri	bönkuðu	bönkuðum	bönkuðum	bönkuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	bankaðs	bankaðrar	bankaðs	bankaðra	bankaðra	bankaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	bankaði	bankaða	bankaða	bönkuðu	bönkuðu	bönkuðu
accusative (þolfall)	bankaða	bönkuðu	bankaða	bönkuðu	bönkuðu	bönkuðu
dative (þágufall)	bankaða	bönkuðu	bankaða	bönkuðu	bönkuðu	bönkuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	bankaða	bönkuðu	bankaða	bönkuðu	bönkuðu	bönkuðu

Derived terms

• bank (“knock, blow”)

Etymology 2

Inflected form of banki (“bank”).

Noun

banka m

1. inflection of banki:
   1. indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular
   2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural

Japanese

Romanization

banka

1. Rōmaji transcription of ばんか

Latvian

Noun

banka f (4th declension)

1. bank (financial institution)

   nauda bankā ― money in the bank

   bankas konts ― bank account

   policija ķēra laupītājus bankas ― the police caught the bank robbers

Declension

Declension of banka (4th declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	banka	bankas
genitive	bankas	banku
dative	bankai	bankām
accusative	banku	bankas
instrumental	banku	bankām
locative	bankā	bankās
vocative	banka	bankas

Derived terms

• starpbanku

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From German Bank (“bank”), from Old Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger’s bench”), from Lombardic bank (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈban.ka/
• Rhymes: -anka
• Syllabification: ban‧ka

Noun

banka f

1. bank (financial institution)

Declension

Declension of banka

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	banka	bance	banki
Genitive	banki	bankowu	bankow
Dative	bance	bankoma	bankam
Accusative	banku	bance	banki
Instrumental	banku	bankoma	bankami
Locative	bance	bankoma	bankach

Derived terms

• bankojski
• bankowka
• bankownik
• bankownistwo
• bankowny
• bankowy
• girobanka

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “banka”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “banka”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• Lower Sorbian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• banket

Verb

banka

1. inflection of banke:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian banco (“bench”), the benches in public places from which the first bankers in Renaissance Italy would operate, from Derived from Old High German bank.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎŋka/
• Hyphenation: ban‧ka
• Rhymes: -ŋka

Noun

bànka f (Cyrillic spelling ба̀нка)

1. bank

Declension

Declension of banka

	singular	plural
nominative	bànka	banke
genitive	banke	bȁnākā
dative	banci	bankama
accusative	banku	banke
vocative	banko	banke
locative	banci	bankama
instrumental	bankom	bankama

Derived terms

• bànka pòdātākā
• banka sperme
• bànkār
• bànkārskī službenik
• bankárstvo
• bankòmāt
• bankovna garancija
• bankovna holding kompanija
• bankovna kartica
• bankovna knjiga
• bankovna knjižica
• bankovna mjenica
• bankovna provizija
• bankovna stopa
• bankovna tajna
• bankovna uplatnica
• bankovne akvizicije
• bankovne transakcije
• bànkōvnī
• bànkōvnī àkcept
• bànkōvnī činòvnīk
• bànkōvnī dȅpozīt
• bànkōvnī kapìtāl
• bànkōvnī kàrtel
• bànkōvnī komìtent
• bànkōvnī korespòndent
• bànkōvnī pòslovi
• bànkōvnī ràčūn
• bànkōvnī sȅktor
• bànkōvnī sústav
• bànkōvnī swap, bànkōvnī svȍp
• bànkōvnī trȍšak

References

• “banka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbanka]

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Derived from Italian banco.

Noun

banka f (relational adjective bankový, diminutive bančička)

1. bank (financial institution)

Declension

Declension of banka
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	banka	banky
genitive	banky	bánk
dative	banke	bankám
accusative	banku	banky
locative	banke	bankách
instrumental	bankou	bankami

Derived terms

• bankovka f
• bankár m

Etymology 2

From baňa +‎ -ička (diminutive suffix) from Proto-Slavic *baňa.

Noun

banka f (diminutive banička)

1. flask
2. retort

Declension

Declension of banka
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	banka	banky
genitive	banky	baniek
dative	banke	bankám
accusative	banku	banky
locative	banke	bankách
instrumental	bankou	bankami

Further reading

• “banka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /báːnka/

Noun

bȃnka f

1. bank (institution)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	bánka
gen. sing.	bánke
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bánka	bánki	bánke
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bánke	bánk	bánk
dative (dajȃlnik)	bánki	bánkama	bánkam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bánko	bánki	bánke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bánki	bánkah	bánkah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bánko	bánkama	bánkami

Further reading

• “banka”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish bånga, from Old Norse banga, from Proto-Germanic *bang- (“to beat, pound”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰen- (“to beat, injure”).

Verb

banka (present bankar, preterite bankade, supine bankat, imperative banka)

1. to repeatedly strike something with a fist or hard object

   Någon bankade hårt på dörren

   Someone was knocking hard on the door

   Banka inte för hårt på tv:n. Det kan göra mer skada än nytta.

   Don't bang on the TV too hard. It could do more harm than good.

2. to pound, to bang

   Hjärtat bankade

   His heart pounded

3. (slang) to cut (a recreational drug)

Conjugation

Conjugation of banka (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	banka		bankas
supine	bankat		bankats
imperative	banka		—
imper. plural1	banken		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	bankar	bankade	bankas	bankades
ind. plural1	banka	bankade	bankas	bankades
subjunctive2	banke	bankade	bankes	bankades
present participle		bankande
past participle		bankad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• banka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• banka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• banka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بانقه (banka), from Italian banca. Doublet of bank.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈban.ka/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ban‧ka

Noun

banka (definite accusative bankayı, plural bankalar)

1. bank

   şehirdeki banka soyuldu - the bank in the city has been robbed

Declension

Declension of banka

singular plural nominative banka bankalar definite accusative bankayı bankaları dative bankaya bankalara locative bankada bankalarda ablative bankadan bankalardan genitive bankanın bankaların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular bankam bankalarım 2nd singular bankan bankaların 3rd singular bankası bankaları 1st plural bankamız bankalarımız 2nd plural bankanız bankalarınız 3rd plural bankaları bankaları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular bankamı bankalarımı 2nd singular bankanı bankalarını 3rd singular bankasını bankalarını 1st plural bankamızı bankalarımızı 2nd plural bankanızı bankalarınızı 3rd plural bankalarını bankalarını dative singular plural 1st singular bankama bankalarıma 2nd singular bankana bankalarına 3rd singular bankasına bankalarına 1st plural bankamıza bankalarımıza 2nd plural bankanıza bankalarınıza 3rd plural bankalarına bankalarına locative singular plural 1st singular bankamda bankalarımda 2nd singular bankanda bankalarında 3rd singular bankasında bankalarında 1st plural bankamızda bankalarımızda 2nd plural bankanızda bankalarınızda 3rd plural bankalarında bankalarında ablative singular plural 1st singular bankamdan bankalarımdan 2nd singular bankandan bankalarından 3rd singular bankasından bankalarından 1st plural bankamızdan bankalarımızdan 2nd plural bankanızdan bankalarınızdan 3rd plural bankalarından bankalarından genitive singular plural 1st singular bankamın bankalarımın 2nd singular bankanın bankalarının 3rd singular bankasının bankalarının 1st plural bankamızın bankalarımızın 2nd plural bankanızın bankalarınızın 3rd plural bankalarının bankalarının

Derived terms

• bankacı
• bankacılık