bank بنك
Tunisian Derja · noun
“bank” (بنك) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning bank (financial institution).
Meanings
- bank (financial institution)
Usage
Bank refers to the bank, both the institution and the branch one goes to. The common plural is bnouk. One says mchit lel bank (I went to the bank) or 3andi compte fel bank (I have an account at the bank). The word belongs to everyday speech and needs no more formal equivalent. In names of institutions it is followed by the proper name: bank el-ahli, for example. Difficulty is slight: the word resembles English, but it is masculine and pronounced with a short a.
Example
لازمني نمشي للبنك نسحب فلوس.
lezemni nemchi lel bank nes7eb flous.
“I have to go to the bank to withdraw some money.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bank” but also “bnk” and “bnouk”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “bank” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “bank”: bank in Moroccan.