mislef

Maltese
Root
s-l-f
5 terms

Etymology

Derived from silef (“to lend, loan”), from Arabic أَسْلَفَ‎ (ʔaslafa). Thus unrelated to مَصْرِف‎ (maṣrif), which means “bank” in contemporary Arabic (originally “stall of a moneychanger”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪs.lɛf/

Noun

mislef m (plural msielef)

  1. (Australia, archaic elsewhere) bank
    Synonym: bank
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