mislef

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Maltese[edit]

Root
s-l-f
5 terms

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

mislef m (plural msielef)

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