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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صرافلق (sarraflık), from صراف (sarraf), from Persian صراف (sarrâf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf). By surface analysis, zaraf +‎ -lâc.

Noun

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zaraflâc n (plural zaraflâcuri)

  1. (obsolete) usury

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References

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  • zaraflâc in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN