a bank (financial institution, branch of such an institution) · a bank (place of storage) · a bank (of a river of lake)
çekim: çoğul banker · tamlayan banks
köken: From Dutch bank, German Bank or Low German bank, all from Italian banco, from Old High German banc, from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz.
dam (a structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow) · impediment, obstacle · hurdle (an artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race)
çekim: çoğul gátak
köken: Borrowed from a South Slavic language, e.g. Serbo-Croatian gat, or from Slovak hať. Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *gatь (“dike”).
köken: Generalized form of Syrtis (“Sirte, Gulf of Syrtis”), from Ancient Greek Σύρτις (Súrtis), an area of Libya proverbially treacherous for sailing owing to the effect of wind and waves on its quicksand.
bank (financial institution and the building itself) · bank (fund or sum of money) · banker (person running the game)
çekim: çoğul ба́нки
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bankiz Proto-West Germanic *banki Lombardic bankbor. Italian bancabor. Ottoman Turkish بانقهbor. Bulgarian банка Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بانقه, borrowed from Italian banca. First attested in 1853.