xeraphim
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese xarafin, from Arabic اَشْرَاف (ašrāf), plural form of شَرِيف (šarīf, “highborn”).
Noun edit
xeraphim (plural xeraphims)
- (obsolete) An old monetary unit of Bombay, equal to three fifths of a rupee.
References edit
- Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913).
Further reading edit
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “xerafine”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 974.