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Sound
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name
A surname from Hindi, Urdu, Persian, or Arabic, of Indian usage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A provider of financial services in the Middle East and in South Asia, especially (historical) during the early modern and colonial period.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi सर्राफ़ (sarrāf) / Urdu صَرَّاف (sarrāf, “money charger”) and Classical Persian صَرَّاف (sarrāf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).
Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi सर्राफ़ (sarrāf) / Urdu صَرَّاف (sarrāf) and Classical Persian صَرَّاف (sarrāf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).
