پنك

North Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

بنك (alternative spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from English panic / French panique.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pan.nak/, [ban.nak]

Verb

پنّك • (pannak) (non-past يپنك (ypannik))

  1. (chiefly Lebanon) to panic
    ضيعت ابني بالمول وپنكت كتير
    ḍayyaʕt ibni bil-mōl u pannaket ktīr
    I lost my son in the mall and panicked a lot.
    المفروض إنه يتصرف زي العالم والناس بلا ما يپنك عالسوشال ميديا
    al-mafrūḍ inno yitṣarraf zayy el-ʕālam wan-nās bala ma ypannik ʕas-sōšāl mīdya
    What he's supposed to do is behave like a functioning member of society instead of flipping on social media.

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Noun

پنك • (pinek)

  1. alternative form of پینكی (pineke)

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Old Armenian բանակ (banak, “encampment”).

Proper noun

پنك • (Penek)

  1. a town in Turkey

References

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