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saraf

noun
/saˈɹɑːf/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from صَرَّاف
  2. derived from صراف
  3. derived from صراف

Definitions

  1. A provider of financial services in the Middle East and in South Asia, especially…

    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.
    • He sent us to receive the money from his Saraf, or banker.
    • The mâmour... till the recent reform appointing a Controller-General of Receipts, received the taxes from the saraffs.

  2. A surname from Urdu.

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