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.

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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)

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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

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