How do you pronounce saraf?

The recorded pronunciation is /saˈɹɑːf/.

saraf

/saˈɹɑːf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables: saraf
IPA: /saˈɹɑːf/

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Meaning

noun

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

name

A surname from Hindi, Urdu, Persian, or Arabic, of Indian usage.

Example Sentences

"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."
"They [Armenians] prospered as our ‘Sarrafs’."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi सर्राफ़ (sarrāf) / Urdu صَرَّاف (sarrāf) and Classical Persian صَرَّاف (sarrāf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).

Origin

Source language: Hindi

Word Breakdown

Root: ص ر ف, सर्राफ़, صَرَّاف

Inflected Forms

sarafs (plural) xaraffe (alternative, obsolete) xaraffo (alternative, obsolete) charaff (alternative, obsolete) xaraf (alternative, obsolete) xaroff (alternative, obsolete) xeraffo (alternative, obsolete) sarraf (alternative, obsolete) saraff (alternative, obsolete) serof (alternative, obsolete) seraff (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

shroff Saraf