بنك
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بنك¹
- /bank/
Where it comes from
From Italian banco and banca, at first actually in the foreignisms بَنْكُو (bankū) and بَنْكَة (banka) in colloquial Egyptian Arabic, and later from French banque. First attested in 1846.
noun بَنْك · bank · بُنُوك · الْبَنْك
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bank (financial institution)
بَنْك مَرْكَزِيّ
Similar: مَصْرِف
-
bank, store, repository
بَنْك الدَّم
Similar: مَخْزَن, مُسْتَوْدَع
- bench, seat
- workbench or counter of a commercial venue
- office, branch of a commercial company
بنك²
- /bunk/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Persian بن (bon, “bottom; foundation; root”). First attested in 762. Compare Old Armenian բնակ (bnak).
In English
- bank institution
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