saraf

/saˈɹɑːf/

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi सर्राफ़ (sarrāf) / Urdu صَرَّاف (sarrāf, “money charger”) and Classical Persian صَرَّاف (sarrāf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).

name

  1. A surname from Hindi, Urdu, Persian, or Arabic, of Indian usage.

noun

  1. A provider of financial services in the Middle East and in South Asia, especially (historical) during the early modern and colonial period.“There is in euery place of the street exchangers of mony, by them called Xaraffos, which are all christian Iewes.”