# صراف
## Arabic
### Etymology

Occupational noun from the verb صَرَفَ (ṣarafa, “to pay out, spend, change money”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sˤar.raːf/

### Noun

صَرَّاف • (ṣarrāf) m (plural صَرَّافُونَ (ṣarrāfūna), feminine صَرَّافَة (ṣarrāfa))
* moneychanger
* cashier
    صَرَّاف آلِيّ ― ṣarrāf ʔāliyy ― a cash machine; an ATM
* banker
* grammarian

#### Derived terms

* صَرَّافَة (ṣarrāfa)

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: sərraf
* → Ladino: סאראף, saraf
* → Middle Armenian: սառաֆ (saṙaf)
** Armenian: սառաֆ (saṙaf), սարաֆ (saraf), Սարաֆյան (Sarafyan)
* → Ottoman Turkish: صراف (ṣarraf)
    > Turkish: sarraf (inherited)
* → Persian: صراف (sarâf)
** → Gujarati: સરાફ (sarāph)
** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: सर्राफ़ (sarrāf), सराफ़ (sarāf)
    Urdu: صَرّاف (sarrāf)
*** → English: saraf, shroff
** → Maithili:
    Devanagari script: सराफ (sarāph)
    Tirhuta script: 𑒮𑒩𑒰𑒤 (sarāpha)
** → Marathi: सराफ (sarāph)
** → Ottoman Turkish: صراف (sarraf), صرافان pl (sarrâfân)
*** → Romanian: zaraf
*** Turkish: sarraf
** → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਸਰਾਫ਼ (sarāf)
    Shahmukhi script: صَراف (ṣarāf)
** → Sindhi:
    Arabic script: صَرافُ
    Devanagari script: सराफ़ु
* → Uyghur: سارراپ (sarrap)
* → Uzbek: sarrof

### Proper noun

صَرَّاف • (ṣarrāf) ?
* a surname

#### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “صراف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sˤar.raːf/

### Noun

صَرَّاف • (ṣarrāf) m (plural صَرَّافات (ṣarrāfāt))
* ATM, automated teller machine

#### Related terms

* صَرَف (ṣarāf, “to exchange, withdraw money”)
* صَرَّف (ṣarrāf, “to ditch”)

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [saɾ.ˈɾɑːf]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [sär.rɑ́ːf]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [sär.rɑ́ːf]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [sär.rɑ́ːf]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [sär.rɔ́ːf]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [sæɹ.ɹɒ́ːf]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [säɾ.ɾɔ́f]

### Noun

صراف • (sarrâf)
* money changer
* (historical) banker, money dealer
** c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 239:صراف بسی وصف در و گهر خود گفت خندید که بهتر نبود از گهر منsarrāf basē wasf-i durr u guhar-i xwad guft xandīd ki bihtar nabūd az guhar-i manThe banker made a long description of his pearls and jewels, But he laughed that there was nothing better than my own jewel.(Classical Persian transliteration)

#### Derived terms

* صرافی (sarrâfi)

#### Descendants

* → Gujarati: સરાફ (sarāph)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: सर्राफ़ (sarrāf), सराफ़ (sarāf)
    Urdu: صَرّاف (sarrāf)
** → English: saraf, shroff
* → Maithili:
    Devanagari script: सराफ (sarāph)
    Tirhuta script: 𑒮𑒩𑒰𑒤 (sarāpha)
* → Marathi: सराफ (sarāph)
* → Ottoman Turkish: صراف (sarraf), صرافان pl (sarrâfân)
** → Romanian: zaraf
** Turkish: sarraf
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਸਰਾਫ਼ (sarāf)
    Shahmukhi script: صَراف (ṣarāf)
* → Sindhi:
    Arabic script: صَرافُ
    Devanagari script: सराफ़ु

### Further reading

* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “صراف”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

## Sindhi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صراف (sarrāf).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sərɑfʊ]

### Noun

صَرافُ • (sarāfu) m (Devanagari सराफ़ु)
* banker
* judge

### References

* Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “صَرافُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
* Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988) “صَرافُ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ