Shroff

//ʃɹɔf// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname of Indian usage.

    "Dunn’s attorney, Sabrina Shroff, during closing arguments on Wednesday said that the confrontation was the result of his “strongly held feelings” about immigration enforcement, NBC News reported."

Noun
  1. 1
    A provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent banker or money changer or (historical) a local expert at detecting bad coin. India

    "The sheraffs are poore and begerly."

  2. 2
    A cashier, especially for a car park. Hong-Kong

    "An assistant shroff of the Queen Mary Hospital faced Mr. J. Reynolds at Central yesterday charged with the larceny of $10."

  3. 3
    The office of such a cashier at a car park etc. Hong-Kong
Verb
  1. 1
    To act as a shroff, especially (historical) to inspect coins to detect debasement, counterfeits, clipping, etc. for a commission. India, transitive

    "I represented... that the money could not be divided till it was shroffed."

Etymology

Etymology 1

A British Indian variant of saraf, from Urdu صراف (sarrāf) and Persian صراف (sarâf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).

Etymology 2

A British Indian variant of saraf, from Urdu صراف (sarrāf) and Persian صراف (sarâf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).

Etymology 3

Etymology tree Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf)bor. Classical Persian صرافbor. Hindi सराफ़ (sarāf)bor. English Shroff Anglicization of Hindi सराफ़ (sarāf).

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