صراف

Arabic

Root
ص ر ف (ṣ r f)
10 terms

صَرَّاف

Etymology

Occupational noun from the verb صَرَفَ (ṣarafa, “to pay out, spend, change money”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤar.raːf/

Noun

صَرَّاف • (ṣarrāf) m (plural صَرَّافُونَ (ṣarrāfūna), feminine صَرَّافَة (ṣarrāfa))

1. moneychanger
2. cashier

   صَرَّاف آلِيّ ― ṣarrāf ʔāliyy ― a cash machine; an ATM

3. banker
4. grammarian

Declension

Declension of noun صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَرَّاف ṣarrāf	الصَّرَّاف aṣ-ṣarrāf	صَرَّاف ṣarrāf	صَرَّافَة ṣarrāfa	الصَّرَّافَة aṣ-ṣarrāfa	صَرَّافَة ṣarrāfat
Nominative	صَرَّافٌ ṣarrāfun	الصَّرَّافُ aṣ-ṣarrāfu	صَرَّافُ ṣarrāfu	صَرَّافَةٌ ṣarrāfatun	الصَّرَّافَةُ aṣ-ṣarrāfatu	صَرَّافَةُ ṣarrāfatu
Accusative	صَرَّافًا ṣarrāfan	الصَّرَّافَ aṣ-ṣarrāfa	صَرَّافَ ṣarrāfa	صَرَّافَةً ṣarrāfatan	الصَّرَّافَةَ aṣ-ṣarrāfata	صَرَّافَةَ ṣarrāfata
Genitive	صَرَّافٍ ṣarrāfin	الصَّرَّافِ aṣ-ṣarrāfi	صَرَّافِ ṣarrāfi	صَرَّافَةٍ ṣarrāfatin	الصَّرَّافَةِ aṣ-ṣarrāfati	صَرَّافَةِ ṣarrāfati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَرَّافَيْن ṣarrāfayn	الصَّرَّافَيْن aṣ-ṣarrāfayn	صَرَّافَيْ ṣarrāfay	صَرَّافَتَيْن ṣarrāfatayn	الصَّرَّافَتَيْن aṣ-ṣarrāfatayn	صَرَّافَتَيْ ṣarrāfatay
Nominative	صَرَّافَانِ ṣarrāfāni	الصَّرَّافَانِ aṣ-ṣarrāfāni	صَرَّافَا ṣarrāfā	صَرَّافَتَانِ ṣarrāfatāni	الصَّرَّافَتَانِ aṣ-ṣarrāfatāni	صَرَّافَتَا ṣarrāfatā
Accusative	صَرَّافَيْنِ ṣarrāfayni	الصَّرَّافَيْنِ aṣ-ṣarrāfayni	صَرَّافَيْ ṣarrāfay	صَرَّافَتَيْنِ ṣarrāfatayni	الصَّرَّافَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣarrāfatayni	صَرَّافَتَيْ ṣarrāfatay
Genitive	صَرَّافَيْنِ ṣarrāfayni	الصَّرَّافَيْنِ aṣ-ṣarrāfayni	صَرَّافَيْ ṣarrāfay	صَرَّافَتَيْنِ ṣarrāfatayni	الصَّرَّافَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣarrāfatayni	صَرَّافَتَيْ ṣarrāfatay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	sound masculine plural			sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَرَّافِين ṣarrāfīn	الصَّرَّافِين aṣ-ṣarrāfīn	صَرَّافِي ṣarrāfī	صَرَّافَات ṣarrāfāt	الصَّرَّافَات aṣ-ṣarrāfāt	صَرَّافَات ṣarrāfāt
Nominative	صَرَّافُونَ ṣarrāfūna	الصَّرَّافُونَ aṣ-ṣarrāfūna	صَرَّافُو ṣarrāfū	صَرَّافَاتٌ ṣarrāfātun	الصَّرَّافَاتُ aṣ-ṣarrāfātu	صَرَّافَاتُ ṣarrāfātu
Accusative	صَرَّافِينَ ṣarrāfīna	الصَّرَّافِينَ aṣ-ṣarrāfīna	صَرَّافِي ṣarrāfī	صَرَّافَاتٍ ṣarrāfātin	الصَّرَّافَاتِ aṣ-ṣarrāfāti	صَرَّافَاتِ ṣarrāfāti
Genitive	صَرَّافِينَ ṣarrāfīna	الصَّرَّافِينَ aṣ-ṣarrāfīna	صَرَّافِي ṣarrāfī	صَرَّافَاتٍ ṣarrāfātin	الصَّرَّافَاتِ aṣ-ṣarrāfāti	صَرَّافَاتِ ṣarrāfāti

Derived terms

• صَرَّافَة (ṣarrāfa)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: sərraf
• → Ladino: סאראף, saraf
• → Middle Armenian: սառաֆ (saṙaf)
  • Armenian: սառաֆ (saṙaf), սարաֆ (saraf), Սարաֆյան (Sarafyan)
• → Ottoman Turkish: صراف (ṣarraf)

  > Turkish: sarraf (inherited)

• → Persian: صراف (sarâf)
  • → Gujarati: સરાફ (sarāph)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: सर्राफ़ (sarrāf), सराफ़ (sarāf)

    Urdu: صَرّاف (sarrāf)

    • → English: saraf, shroff
  • → Maithili:

    Devanagari script: सराफ (sarāph)

    Tirhuta script: 𑒮𑒩𑒰𑒤 (sarāpha)

  • → Marathi: सराफ (sarāph)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: صراف (sarraf), صرافان pl (sarrâfân)
    • → Romanian: zaraf
    • Turkish: sarraf
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਸਰਾਫ਼ (sarāf)

    Shahmukhi script: صَراف (ṣarāf)

  • → Sindhi:

    Arabic script: صَرافُ

    Devanagari script: सराफ़ु

• → Uyghur: سارراپ (sarrap)
• → Uzbek: sarrof

Proper noun

صَرَّاف • (ṣarrāf) ?

1. a surname

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “صراف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ص ر ف
3 terms

صَرَّاف

Etymology

From Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤar.raːf/

Noun

صَرَّاف • (ṣarrāf) m (plural صَرَّافات (ṣarrāfāt))

1. ATM, automated teller machine

Related terms

• صَرَف (ṣarāf, “to exchange, withdraw money”)
• صَرَّف (ṣarrāf, “to ditch”)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [saɾ.ˈɾɑːf]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sär.rɑ́ːf]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sär.rɑ́ːf]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sär.rɑ́ːf]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sär.rɔ́ːf]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæɹ.ɹɒ́ːf]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [säɾ.ɾɔ́f]

Readings
Classical reading?	sarrāf
Dari reading?	sarrāf
Iranian reading?	sarrâf
Tajik reading?	sarrof

Noun

صراف • (sarrâf)

1. money changer
2. (historical) banker, money dealer
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 239:

     صراف بسی وصف در و گهر خود گفت
     خندید که بهتر نبود از گهر من

     sarrāf basē wasf-i durr u guhar-i xwad guft
     xandīd ki bihtar nabūd az guhar-i man

     The banker made a long description of his pearls and jewels,
     But he laughed that there was nothing better than my own jewel.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

• صرافی (sarrâfi)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: સરાફ (sarāph)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: सर्राफ़ (sarrāf), सराफ़ (sarāf)

  Urdu: صَرّاف (sarrāf)

  • → English: saraf, shroff
• → Maithili:

  Devanagari script: सराफ (sarāph)

  Tirhuta script: 𑒮𑒩𑒰𑒤 (sarāpha)

• → Marathi: सराफ (sarāph)
• → Ottoman Turkish: صراف (sarraf), صرافان pl (sarrâfân)
  • → Romanian: zaraf
  • Turkish: sarraf
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਸਰਾਫ਼ (sarāf)

  Shahmukhi script: صَراف (ṣarāf)

• → Sindhi:

  Arabic script: صَرافُ

  Devanagari script: सराफ़ु

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “صراف”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صراف (sarrāf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sərɑfʊ]

Noun

صَرافُ • (sarāfu) m (Devanagari सराफ़ु)

1. banker
2. judge

References

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “صَرافُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
• Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988) “صَرافُ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ