saraf
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Etymology edit
From Urdu صراف (sarrāf) and Classical Persian صراف (sarrāf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).
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Noun edit
saraf (plural sarafs)
- A provider of financial services in the Middle East and in South Asia, especially (historical) during the early modern and colonial period.
- 1811, Carsten Niebuhr, “Travels in Arabia”, in John Pinkerton, transl., A General Collection of Voyages and Travels..., volume X, page 71:
- He sent us to receive the money from his Saraf, or banker.
- 1877, James Carlile McCoan, Egypt As It Is, page 115:
- The mâmour... till the recent reform appointing a Controller-General of Receipts, received the taxes from the saraffs.
- 1897 July, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, page 24:
- They [Armenians] prospered as our ‘Sarrafs’.
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References edit
- “saraf, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1909.
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Etymology 1 edit
From Arabic عَصَب (ʕaṣab, “nerve”) or شَرَف (šaraf, “elevated place; eminence, dignity; honour”).
Noun edit
saraf (first-person possessive sarafku, second-person possessive sarafmu, third-person possessive sarafnya)
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Etymology 2 edit
From Malay saraf, from Arabic صَرْف (ṣarf).
Noun edit
saraf (first-person possessive sarafku, second-person possessive sarafmu, third-person possessive sarafnya)
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Further reading edit
- “saraf” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Ladino edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).
Noun edit
saraf m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling סאראף)
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saraf (Jawi spelling سارف, plural saraf-saraf, informal 1st possessive sarafku, 2nd possessive sarafmu, 3rd possessive sarafnya)
- nerve (neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics)
Further reading edit
- “saraf” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.