Saraf

//saˈɹɑːf// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A provider of financial services in the Middle East and in South Asia, especially (historical) during the early modern and colonial period.

    "There is in euery place of the street exchangers of mony, by them called Xaraffos, which are all christian Iewes."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Urdu.

Example

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"There is in euery place of the street exchangers of mony, by them called Xaraffos, which are all christian Iewes."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Urdu صراف (sarrāf) and Classical Persian صراف (sarrāf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Urdu صراف (sarrāf, “money changer”).

Related phrases

early modernmiddle eastsouth asia

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