shroff/ʃɹɒf/EtymologyAn British Indian variant of Saraf, borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi सर्राफ़ (sarrāf) / Urdu صَرَّاف (sarrāf, “monet charger”) and Classical Persian صَرَّاف (sarrāf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).nameA surname from Hindi, Urdu, Persian, or Arabic, of Indian usage.“Dunn’s attorney, Sabrina Shroff, during closing arguments on Wednesday, said that the confrontation was the result of his “strongly held feelings” about immigration enforcement, NBC News reported.”nounA provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent banker or money changer or (historical) a local expert at detecting bad coin.“The sheraffs are poore and begerly.”A cashier, especially for a car park.“An assistant shroff of the Queen Mary Hospital faced Mr. J. Reynolds at Central yesterday charged with the larceny of $10.”The office of such a cashier at a car park etc.verbTo act as a shroff, especially (historical) to inspect coins to detect debasement, counterfeits, clipping, etc. for a commission.“I represented... that the money could not be divided till it was shroffed.”