Saraf
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /saˈɹɑːf/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Saraf is a noun meaning A provider of financial services in the Middle East and in South Asia, especially (historical) during the early modern and colonial period.
Meaning
A provider of financial services in the Middle East and in South Asia, especially (historical) during the early modern and colonial period.
Example Sentences
They [Armenians] prospered as our ‘Sarrafs’.
He sent us to receive the money from his Saraf, or banker.
There is in euery place of the street exchangers of mony, by them called Xaraffos, which are all christian Iewes.
The mâmour... till the recent reform appointing a Controller-General of Receipts, received the taxes from the saraffs.
Word Forms
- sarafs
- sarraf
- saraff
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include saraff, sarraf, seraff, sahukar, ashrafee, dafadar.
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