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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish bańka. By surface analysis, bania + -ka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbaɲ.ka/
- Rhymes: -aɲka
- Syllabification: bań‧ka
Noun
bańka f (diminutive banieczka)
- can, churn (a metal container for liquids with handles)
- Synonym: kanka
- bubble (a spherical object filled with gas, usually made of soap)
- Synonym: bąbel
- (medicine, historical) cupping glass
- any spherical object made of glass
- (colloquial) one million big ones (one million of any currency, especially PLN)
- Synonyms: duża bańka, melon
- (school slang, colloquial) F (failing grade)
- Synonyms: bania, gol, jedynka, laska, lufa, niedostateczny, pała, pałka
- (Kraków) bauble
- Synonym: bombka
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Further reading
- bańka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- bańka in Polish dictionaries at PWN