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بَنْك
bank /ˈbank/
nounA2#1275 most common
Also: financial institution, commercial bank
Example sentences
أَذْهَبُ إِلَى البَنْك.
I go to the bank.
البَنْك قَرِيب مِن بَيْتِي.
The bank is near my house.
فَتَحْتُ حِسَابًا جَدِيدًا فِي البَنْك.
I opened a new account at the bank.
تُقَدِّمُ البُنُوك قُرُوضًا بِفَوائِد مُخْتَلِفَة.
Banks offer loans at different interest rates.
أَعْلَنَ البَنْك المَرْكَزِيّ رَفْعَ سِعْرِ الفائِدَة لِمُوَاجَهَةِ التَّضَخُّم.
The central bank announced a rate hike to confront inflation.
تَعَرَّضَتْ عِدَّة بُنُوك لِأَزْمَةِ سُيُولَة حَادَّة دَفَعَتْهَا إِلَى الاِنْدِماج.
Several banks faced a severe liquidity crisis that pushed them to merge.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بَنْكٌ | بُنُوكٌ |
| Genitive | بَنْكٍ | بُنُوكٍ |
| Accusative | بَنْكًا | بُنُوكًا |
| Vocative | يا بَنْكُ | يا بُنُوكُ |
Word family
بُنُوكbanks (plural)
بَنْكِيّbanking, related to a bank
مَصْرِفbank (native Arabic synonym)صَرَّافteller, money changer
Etymology
بَنْك is a modern loanword. It entered Arabic from European languages, most directly Italian banca or French banque, the money changer's bench or table. Arabic already held the native term مَصْرِف, but بَنْك spread through commerce and now names most commercial banks.
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