banka

banka

See also: bańką, báŋka, bańka, bankā, baňka, bänka, and bånka

Czech

Alternative forms

• bank

Etymology

From Italian banca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaŋka]

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• Rhymes: -aŋka

Noun

banka f

1. bank (financial institution)

Declension

Declension of banka

	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

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

Further reading

• banka in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• banka in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• banka in Internetová jazyková příručka

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Faroese

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of banka (group v-30)
infinitive	banka
supine	bankað
participle (a6)1	bankandi	bankaður
	present	past
first singular	banki	bankaði
second singular	bankar	bankaði
third singular	bankar	bankaði
plural	banka	bankaðu
	imperative
singular	banka!
plural	bankið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

See also

• berja
• buka
• klappa
• sláa

Pronunciation

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

Noun

banka

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

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Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish banca.

Noun

bánka

1. boat

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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. (transitive, with accusative) to knock, to beat

   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)	ég banka	við bönkum	present (nútíð)	ég banki	við bönkum
	þú bankar	þið bankið		þú bankir	þið bankið
	hann, hún, það bankar	þeir, þær, þau banka		hann, hún, það banki	þeir, þær, þau banki
past (þátíð)	ég bankaði	við bönkuðum	past (þátíð)	ég bankaði	við bönkuðum
	þú bankaðir	þið bönkuðuð		þú bankaðir	þið bönkuðuð
	hann, hún, það bankaði	þeir, þær, þau bönkuðu		hann, hún, það bankaði	þeir, þær, þau bönkuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	banka (þú)	bankið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	bankaðu	bankiði *
* 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 ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég bankast	við bönkumst	present (nútíð)	ég bankist	við bönkumst
	þú bankast	þið bankist		þú bankist	þið bankist
	hann, hún, það bankast	þeir, þær, þau bankast		hann, hún, það bankist	þeir, þær, þau bankist
past (þátíð)	ég bankaðist	við bönkuðumst	past (þátíð)	ég bankaðist	við bönkuðumst
	þú bankaðist	þið bönkuðust		þú bankaðist	þið bönkuðust
	hann, hún, það bankaðist	þeir, þær, þau bönkuðust		hann, hún, það bankaðist	þeir, þær, þau bönkuðust
imperative (boðháttur)	bankast (þú)	bankist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	bankastu	bankisti *
* 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

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Japanese

Romanization

banka

1. Rōmaji transcription of ばんか

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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 (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	banka	bankas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	banku	bankas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	bankas	banku
dative (datīvs)	bankai	bankām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	banku	bankām
locative (lokatīvs)	bankā	bankās
vocative (vokatīvs)	banka	bankas

Derived terms

• starpbanku

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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): /ˈbanka/, [ˈbaŋka]

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.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• banket

Verb

banka

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian banco (“bench”), the benches in public places from which the first bankers in Renaissance Italy would operate, from 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

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

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbanka/

Noun

banka f (genitive singular banky, nominative plural banky, genitive plural baniek, declension pattern of žena)

1. bank (financial institution)

Declension

Declension of banka

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

Derived terms

• bankovka f
• bankár m
• bankový

Further reading

• banka in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /báːnka/

Noun

bȃnka f

1. bank (institution)

Inflection

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, portal Fran

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

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

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

   Banka inte för hårt på tv:n, det kan göra mer skada än nytta

   Don't strike the TV too hard, it could do more harm than good.

3. to bang

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
	Participles
Present participle	bankande
Past participle	bankad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baŋˈkɐ/
• Hyphenation: ban‧ka

Noun

banka (definite accusative bankayı, plural bankalar)

1. bank

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

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	banka
Definite accusative	bankayı
	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