נקוב

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
נ־ק־ב‎

The transit-withdrawal noun sense comes from the fact that such debit cards replace punch cards, where each punch represented one fare paid.

Noun

נִקּוּב • (nikúv) m

  1. puncture, piercing
  2. a withdrawal of a fare's worth of funds from a public-transportation debit card
    ‏שני ניקובים, בבקשה.‎‎
    Sh'ne nikuvím, b'vakashá.
    Two fares, please.

Adjective

נָקוּב • (nakúv) (feminine נְקוּבָה‎, masculine plural נְקוּבִים‎, feminine plural נקובות‎)

  1. punctured, pierced
  2. declared, fixed
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