Etymology

shroff

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Today it means: A provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent banker or money changer or (historical) a local expert at detecting bad coin. Full definition →

Hindi सर्राफ़ ← Urdu صَرَّاف ← Classical Persian صَرَّاف
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shroff · noun, verb1

  1. Arabic · derived fromصَرَّاف
  2. Classical Persian · derived fromصَرَّاف
  3. Urdu · borrowed fromصَرَّاف
  4. Hindi · borrowed fromसर्राफ़
  5. English todayshroff

An British Indian variant of saraf, borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi सर्राफ़ (sarrāf) / Urdu صَرَّاف (sarrāf) and Classical Persian صَرَّاف (sarrāf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).

Shroff · proper noun2

  1. Arabic · derived fromصَرَّاف
  2. Classical Persian · derived fromصَرَّاف
  3. Urdu · borrowed fromصَرَّاف“monet charger”
  4. Hindi · borrowed fromसर्राफ़
  5. English todayShroff

An British Indian variant of Saraf, borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi सर्राफ़ (sarrāf) / Urdu صَرَّاف (sarrāf, “monet charger”) and Classical Persian صَرَّاف (sarrāf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).

Words from the same roots

Hindiसर्राफ़ all →

saraf

Urduصَرَّاف all →

saraf

Classical Persianصَرَّاف all →

saraf

Arabicصَرَّاف all →

sarafschroff

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.