# banka
## Czech
### Alternative forms

* bank

### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian banca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbaŋka]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aŋka

### Noun

banka f
* bank (financial institution)

#### 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: /ˈpɛŋ̊ka/
* Rhymes: -ɛŋ̊ka
* Homophone: bankað

#### Verb

banka (third person singular past indicative bankaði, third person plural past indicative bankaðu, supine bankað)
* to knock, tap, rap

##### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

##### Related terms

* banga

#### See also

* berja
* buka
* klappa
* sláa

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpaŋ̊ka/
* Rhymes: -aŋ̊ka

#### Noun

banka
* inflection of banki:
** indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular
** indefinite genitive plural

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

From Spanish banca.

### Noun

bánka
* boat

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* to knock, to beat [with accusative]
    Synonyms: berja, klappa

##### Derived terms

* bank (“knock, blow”)

### Etymology 2

Inflected form of banki (“bank”).

#### Noun

banka m
* inflection of banki:
** indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular
** indefinite accusative/genitive plural

## Japanese
### Romanization

banka
* Rōmaji transcription of ばんか

## Latvian
### Noun

banka f (4th declension)
* bank (financial institution)
    nauda bankā ― money in the bank
    bankas konts ― bank account
    policija ķēra laupītājus bankas ― the police caught the bank robbers

#### 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: /ˈbanka/, [ˈbaŋka]

### Noun

banka f
* bank (financial institution)

#### 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
* inflection of banke:
** simple past
** 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: /bǎŋka/
* Hyphenation: ban‧ka
* Rhymes: -ŋka

### Noun

bànka f (Cyrillic spelling ба̀нка)
* bank

#### 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: [ˈbanka]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Derived from Italian banco.

#### Noun

banka f (relational adjective bankový, diminutive bančička)
* bank (financial institution)

##### Derived terms

* bankovka f
* bankár m

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

banka f (diminutive banička)
* flask
* retort

##### Declension
### 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: /báːnka/

### Noun

bȃnka f
* bank (institution)

#### Inflection
### 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)
* to repeatedly strike something with a fist or hard object
    Någon bankade hårt på dörrenSomeone 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.
* to pound, to bang
    Hjärtat bankadeHis heart pounded
* (slang) to cut (a recreational drug)

#### Conjugation

$^1$ 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: /ˈbaŋkɐ/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ban‧ka

### Noun

banka (definite accusative bankayı, plural bankalar)
* bank
    şehirdeki banka soyuldu - the bank in the city has been robbed

#### Declension

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