bank بنك
Moroccan Darija · noun
“bank” (بنك) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning bank.
Meanings
- bank
Usage
Bank means the bank, both the institution and the branch. It appears in the names of institutions: l-bank ch3bi (the Banque Populaire), bank l-maghrib (the central bank). In everyday speech, banka is also often heard, with the same meaning. Common constructions: mchit l l-bank ("I went to the bank"), 3ndi compte f l-bank ("I have a bank account"). The plural is bnok or bankat. Bank is a masculine noun, whereas banka is feminine: adjectives must agree accordingly.
Example
خاصني نمشي للبنك
khasni nmchi l l-bank
“I have to go to the bank.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, it is written “bank”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “bank” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “bank (financial institution)”: bank in Tunisian.