Bank in Different Languages
Discover 'Bank' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Bank
Afrikaans bank | ||
Albanian bankë | ||
Amharic ባንክ | ||
Arabic مصرف | ||
Armenian բանկ | ||
Assamese বেংক | ||
Aymara wanku | ||
Azerbaijani bank | ||
Bambara waribon | ||
Basque bankua | ||
Belarusian банк | ||
Bengali ব্যাংক | ||
Bhojpuri बैंक | ||
Bosnian banka | ||
Bulgarian банка | ||
Catalan banc | ||
Cebuano bangko | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 银行 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 銀行 | ||
Corsican banca | ||
Croatian banka | ||
Czech banka | ||
Danish bank | ||
Dhivehi ބޭންކް | ||
Dogri बैंक | ||
Dutch bank | ||
English bank | ||
Esperanto banko | ||
Estonian pank | ||
Ewe gadzraɖoƒe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) bangko | ||
Finnish pankki | ||
French banque | ||
Frisian bank | ||
Galician banco | ||
Georgian ბანკი | ||
German bank | ||
Greek τράπεζα | ||
Guarani viruñeñongatuha | ||
Gujarati બેંક | ||
Haitian Creole bank | ||
Hausa banki | ||
Hawaiian panakō | ||
Hebrew בַּנק | ||
Hindi बैंक | ||
Hmong txhab nyiaj | ||
Hungarian bank | ||
Icelandic banka | ||
Igbo ụlọ akụ | ||
Ilocano bangko | ||
Indonesian bank | ||
Irish banc | ||
Italian banca | ||
Japanese バンク | ||
Javanese bank | ||
Kannada ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ | ||
Kazakh банк | ||
Khmer ធនាគារ | ||
Kinyarwanda banki | ||
Konkani बँक | ||
Korean 은행 | ||
Krio bank | ||
Kurdish banke | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بانک | ||
Kyrgyz банк | ||
Lao ທະນາຄານ | ||
Latin ripae | ||
Latvian banka | ||
Lingala banki | ||
Lithuanian bankas | ||
Luganda banka | ||
Luxembourgish bank | ||
Macedonian банка | ||
Maithili बैंक | ||
Malagasy banky | ||
Malay bank | ||
Malayalam ബാങ്ക് | ||
Maltese bank | ||
Maori peeke | ||
Marathi बँक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁꯤꯡꯂꯨꯞ | ||
Mizo luikam | ||
Mongolian банк | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဘဏ် | ||
Nepali बैंक | ||
Norwegian bank | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) banki | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବ୍ୟାଙ୍କ | ||
Oromo baankii | ||
Pashto بانک | ||
Persian بانک | ||
Polish bank | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) banco | ||
Punjabi ਬੈਂਕ | ||
Quechua banco | ||
Romanian bancă | ||
Russian банка | ||
Samoan faletupe | ||
Sanskrit कोश | ||
Scots Gaelic banca | ||
Sepedi panka | ||
Serbian банка | ||
Sesotho banka | ||
Shona bank | ||
Sindhi بينڪ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) බැංකුව | ||
Slovak breh | ||
Slovenian banka | ||
Somali bangiga | ||
Spanish banco | ||
Sundanese bank | ||
Swahili benki | ||
Swedish bank | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) bangko | ||
Tajik бонк | ||
Tamil வங்கி | ||
Tatar банк | ||
Telugu బ్యాంక్ | ||
Thai ธนาคาร | ||
Tigrinya ባንኪ | ||
Tsonga bangi | ||
Turkish banka | ||
Turkmen bank | ||
Twi (Akan) sikakorabea | ||
Ukrainian банку | ||
Urdu بینک | ||
Uyghur بانكا | ||
Uzbek bank | ||
Vietnamese ngân hàng | ||
Welsh banc | ||
Xhosa ibhanki | ||
Yiddish באַנק | ||
Yoruba banki | ||
Zulu ibhange |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "bank" can also refer to a bench, ledge, or embankment, derived from Middle Dutch "banke" with the same meaning |
| Albanian | The word "bankë" in Albanian also means "edge" or "slope", referring to the raised land along a river or the edge of a hill. |
| Amharic | In Amharic, the word "ባንክ" is also synonymous with "chair". |
| Arabic | In Arabic, the word "مصرف" ("masraf") originally referred to a place for exchanging coins or money, and its root "صرف" ("sarf") means "exchange" or "expenditure." |
| Armenian | "բանկ" in Armenian can also mean "storehouse" or "warehouse" |
| Azerbaijani | "bank" in Azerbaijani also means the side of a river or a place where plants are grown |
| Basque | The Basque word "bankua" also means "bench" or "table". |
| Belarusian | The word "банк" (bank) in Belarusian can also refer to a bench or a row of objects. |
| Bengali | The word "ব্যাংক" (bank) in Bengali originally meant "a heap of earth", later becoming associated with "a depository for money" due to the practice of safeguarding valuable materials in such mounds. |
| Bosnian | The word "banka" in Bosnian can also refer to a pile of banknotes. |
| Bulgarian | 'Банка' in Bulgarian, besides 'bank', can also mean 'jar' or 'tin can'. |
| Catalan | "banc" in Catalan can also refer to a sandbank, bench, or curbstone, reflecting its Latin origins in "bancus," meaning "bench". |
| Cebuano | In Tagalog, 'bangko' refers to a stool or bench used for sitting or stepping on while 'banko' refers to a table for gambling. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The Chinese character 行 ("bank") originally referred to the embankments of rivers to prevent flooding; only later did it take on its financial meaning. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 銀行, literally "a storehouse of silver or money," derives from the silver and gold stored in vaults by ancient Chinese merchants. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, 'banca' also means a bench or a table. |
| Croatian | Croatian word 'banka' derives not from 'banco', but Slavic word for box, chest or vault. |
| Czech | The word "banka" has multiple meanings in Czech, including "bank", "bench", and "table". |
| Danish | The word "bank" in Danish also means "slope" or "edge", and originates from the Old Norse word "bakki". |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "bank" can also refer to a "dike" or a "bench". |
| Esperanto | In Esperanto, "banko" can also refer to a lottery game similar to bingo. |
| Estonian | The word "pank" in Estonian comes from the German word "bank", which means "bench" or "table". |
| Finnish | The word "pankki" in Finnish comes from the Italian word "banca", meaning "table" or "counter", and ultimately derives from the Latin word "bancus", meaning "bench". |
| French | The word "banque" in French, meaning "bank", is derived from the Italian word "banco", meaning "table" or "bench". |
| Frisian | The word "bank" in Frisian can also refer to a sandbank or a dike. |
| Galician | The Galician word "banco" can also refer to a sandbank or to a group of fish swimming together. |
| German | The German word "Bank" also means "bench" or "sofa". |
| Greek | 'Τράπεζα' originated from the 'trápeza' a table where Athenian bankers (trapezitai) transacted business. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "બેંક" can also mean "a row" or "a series." |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "bank" can also refer to a riverbank or a sandbank, demonstrating its connection to the concept of a boundary or a raised surface. |
| Hausa | The word "banki" can also mean "riches" or "wealth" in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "panakō" is borrowed from the English word "bank" and has the same meaning. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "בַּנק" (bank) stems from the Italian word "banca", both meaning "bench". |
| Hindi | The word "बैंक" can also refer to a collection of objects or a large amount of something. |
| Hmong | The term 'txhab nyiaj' in Hmong is a literal translation of 'money house'; it means both a physical bank building and the concept of a bank. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "part" can also refer to a shore or the side of a river. |
| Icelandic | The word "banka" in Icelandic has been used since the 15th century, with its origin possibly derived from the Old Norse word "banki" meaning "table" or the German word "bank" signifying "bench". |
| Igbo | The Igbo term 'ụlọ akụ' originally denoted a storage place where seeds and dried fruit were kept |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, "bank" derives from the French word "banque" and also means "shore" or "riverbank". |
| Irish | The Irish word "banc" also means a "table", "bench", and "judge's seat" and is derived from Old Irish "bennach". |
| Italian | The Italian word "banca" derives from the Proto-West Germanic "bank" meaning "bench" or "counter", and was later used for the financial institution where money was exchanged and deposited. |
| Japanese | The word "バンク" (bank) in Japanese can also refer to a "banked turn" in skateboarding or snowboarding. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "bank" can also refers to the river embankment. |
| Kannada | The word "ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್" can also refer to a river bank or a raised platform. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "банк" may also refer to "a steep river bank" or "the side of a ravine". |
| Khmer | "ធនាគារ" originally meant "a warehouse for treasures" or "a place to store money and valuables". |
| Korean | 은행(銀行)은 원래 흙을 모아둔 둑을 의미했으나, 나중에 돈을 모아 관리하는 기관을 의미하게 되었다. |
| Kurdish | The word "banke" can also refer to a "hill" or "slope" in Kurdish, highlighting its connection to elevated terrain and the concept of a vault or treasury. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz term "банк" comes from the Russian word "банк" and originally meant "usury". |
| Lao | In Thai, the word "bank" (ธนาคาร) is derived from the Sanskrit word "nagara" meaning "city", referring to the urban location of these institutions. |
| Latin | The word "ripae" is cognate with "rivus" (stream), suggesting a connection between riverbanks and flowing water. |
| Latvian | In Latvian, "banka" can also refer to a small bench or a type of traditional Latvian boat. |
| Lithuanian | Bankas is derived from the Italian word "banca" which means "counter". The term "bank" can also refer to a bench or table. |
| Luxembourgish | The word 'Bank' also means 'slope' or 'side' in Luxembourgish, referring to the sloping embankments of a river. |
| Macedonian | In Russian, банка can also refer to a 'jar', 'can', or 'tin'. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "banky" has no other meanings beyond "bank" in English. |
| Malay | The word 'bank' in Malay can also refer to the edge of a river or stream, or a high embankment. |
| Malayalam | "ബാങ്ക്" also means "sound" or "announcement" in Malayalam. |
| Maltese | The word "bank" in Maltese can also refer to a "bench" or a "heap" of something. |
| Maori | The Maori word "peeke" derives from the Proto-Polynesian term "*paki" meaning "cliff" or "steep bank". |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "बँक" (bank) originates from the Portuguese word "banca", meaning "table" or "counter". |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "банк" not only refers to financial institutions, but can also mean "bench" or "shore" in various contexts. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ဘဏ် can also mean "to store" or "to put away" in Myanmar (Burmese). |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "बैंक" (bank) derives from the Sanskrit word "वणिज्" (vanij), meaning "trade" or "commerce." |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "bank" can also refer to a sandbank or a slope on a road. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, "banki" may also refer to a small mound of earth or sand. |
| Pashto | The word "بانک" also means "side; edge; margin" in Pashto. |
| Persian | The word "بانک" can also refer to a "dam" or a "deposit" in Persian. |
| Polish | The word "bank" in Polish can also mean "jar" or "container". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "banco" in Portuguese derives from the Germanic word "banki" and the Latin "bancus," both meaning "bench" or "table." |
| Punjabi | In Punjab, the term 'Bank' also refers to a raised area next to a river often made to prevent flooding |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "bancă" can also refer to a bench, making it a homonym with the financial institution. |
| Russian | "Банка" (bank) can also refer to a can or jar. |
| Samoan | It could also mean a storehouse, treasury or depository. |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, 'banca' means 'hill' or 'peak', and may have its origins in the Latin word 'bancus', meaning 'table'. |
| Serbian | The word "банка" in Serbian can also refer to a glass jar or a can, and is derived from the Italian word "banca" meaning "bench". |
| Sesotho | The word "banka" in Sesotho originated from the word "bank" in English or Dutch, and it can also refer to a bench or seat. |
| Shona | In Shona, "bhangi" can also refer to a type of traditional beer made from sorghum. |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, the word "بينڪ" ("bank") originally referred to a river bank but, later, was adapted to represent a bank's financial operations. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word "බැංකුව" (bank) originates from the Portuguese word "banco" meaning "bench" or "table." |
| Slovak | The word "breh" can also mean "shore" or "riverbank". |
| Slovenian | "Banka" originally referred to a bench or table used for money exchange, and was derived from the Italian word "banca" meaning "bench". |
| Somali | The word "bangiga" in Somali is derived from the English word "bank" and has the alternate meaning of "financial institution". |
| Spanish | Banco can also mean: table, shelf, bench, sandbank, or reef. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "bank" can also refer to a riverbank or a steep slope. |
| Swahili | It is likely that the Swahili word Benki may have been borrowed from one of the Niger-Congo languages, like Hausa, Songhay or Manding, where it means 'vault'. |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "bank" can also refer to a steep slope or hillside. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "bangko" in Tagalog also refers to a wooden bench or platform used for seating or sleeping. |
| Tajik | The word “бонк” also means “slope” in Tajik. |
| Tamil | The word "வங்கி" (vanki) also means a bracelet or an armlet in Tamil, emphasizing its traditional role as a place for safekeeping valuable items. |
| Telugu | The word "బ్యాంక్" in Telugu also refers to a bench or the raised platform in a field used for transplantation. |
| Thai | The word "ธนาคาร" in Thai derives from Sanskrit and literally means "storehouse of money" or "treasury". |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "banka" is derived from the Italian word "banca", which means money changer or bench. In Italian, "banco" also means table, so "banka" originally referred to the table where money was exchanged. |
| Ukrainian | The word "банку" (bank) in Ukrainian also refers to a glass jar. |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "بینک" ('bank') is derived from the Persian word "بنگ" ('shop, storehouse'), which in turn comes from the Sanskrit word "वाणिज्य" ('commerce, trade') |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, the word "bank" is borrowed from the Persian word "bānkah", which also means "bench" or "table". |
| Vietnamese | "Ngân hàng" is a compound noun consisting of "ngân" (silver) and "hàng" (store) |
| Welsh | The word 'banc' in Welsh can also refer to a bench or a mound of earth. |
| Xhosa | The word "ibhanki" in Xhosa can also mean "the place where money is kept" or "the place where money is exchanged". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word for 'bank', 'באַנק', can also refer to a gambling table, bench, or a collection of items. |
| Yoruba | The word "banki" also means "river" in Yoruba and derives from the Proto-Benue-Congo language. |
| Zulu | The word ibhange derives from the Zulu word ibhamu, meaning "hut" or "shelter." |
| English | The word "bank" originally referred to a long, flat area of land along a river, where people could store their valuables during floods. |