# صرف
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

صَرَفَ • (ṣarafa) I (non-past يَصْرِفُ (yaṣrifu), verbal noun صَرْف (ṣarf))
* to turn
* to divert, to turn away, to avert
* to dismiss, to send away
* (grammar) to inflect (a noun) with tanween
* to change (money)
* to spend (money, time)
* to embellish (a speech)
* to deliver, distribute

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

صَرَّفَ • (ṣarrafa) II (non-past يُصَرِّفُ (yuṣarrifu), verbal noun تَصْرِيف (taṣrīf))
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** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 6:65:اُنْظُرْ كَيْفَ نُصَرِّفُ الْآيَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَفْقَهُونَunẓur kayfa nuṣarrifu l-ʔāyāti laʕallahum yafqahūna(please add an English translation of this quotation)
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** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 25:50:وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَاهُ بَيْنَهُمْ لِيَذَّكَّرُوا فَأَبَىٰ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورًاwalaqad ṣarrafnāhu baynahum liyaḏḏakkarū faʔabā ʔakṯaru n-nāsi ʔillā kufūran(please add an English translation of this quotation)
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** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:164:إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱخْتِلَافِ ٱللَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلَّتِي تَجْرِي فِي ٱلْبَحْرِ بِمَا يَنْفَعُ ٱلنَّاسَ وَمَا أَنْزَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ مِن مَاءٍ فَأَحْيَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ وَتَصْرِيفِ ٱلرِّيَاحِ وَٱلسَّحَابِ ٱلْمُسَخَّرِ بَيْنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَʔinna fī ḵalqi s-samāwāti wal-ʔarḍi waḵtilāfi l-layli wan-nahāri wal-fulki llatī tajrī fī l-baḥri bimā yanfaʕu n-nāsa wamā ʔanzala l-lahu mina s-samāʔi min māʔin faʔaḥyā bihi l-ʔarḍa baʕda mawtihā wabaṯṯa fīhā min kulli dābbatin wataṣrīfi r-riyāḥi was-saḥābi l-musaḵḵari bayna s-samāʔi wal-ʔarḍi laʔāyātin liqawmin yaʕqilūna(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (linguistic morphology) to inflect
* to conduct, to do
    وسنستمر في تصريف الاعمال بشكل عادي. ― We will continue to conduct business as normal.

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

صَرَفَ • (ṣarafa) I (non-past يَصْرِفُ (yaṣrifu), verbal noun صُرُوف (ṣurūf))
* to drink (wine) unmixed

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

صَرَفَ • (ṣarafa) I (non-past يَصْرِفُ (yaṣrifu), verbal noun صَرِيف (ṣarīf))
* to creak, to grate

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

صَرْف • (ṣarf) m
* verbal noun of صَرَفَ (ṣarafa) (form I)
* diverting, averting, turning away
* expenditure, expense
* delivery, distribution
* (grammar) morphology, the breaking down and manipulating of roots
** 1894, Ahmad Al-Hamalāwi, “مُقَدِّمَة فِي تَعْرِيفِ الصَّرْفِ [muqaddima(t) fī taʕrīfi ṣ-ṣarfi, Introduction]”, in Muḥammad Aḥmad Qāsim, editor, شذا العرف في فن الصرف, المكتبة العصرية, published 2003, →ISBN, page 23:الصَّرفُ، ويُقال له التصريف، وهو لغة: التغيير، ومن تصريف الرياح، أي: تغييرها$^{[١]}$. واصطلاحاً بالمعنى العَمَليّ: تحويل الأصل الواحد إلى أمثلة مختلفة، لمعان مقصودة، لا تحصل إلّا بها، كاسمي الفاعل والمفعول، واسم التفضيل، والتثنية والجمع، إلى غير ذلك$^{[٢]}$. وبالمعنى العِلْميّ$^{[٣]}$: علم بأصول يُعْرف بها أحوالُ أبنية الكلمة، التي ليست بإعراب ولا بناء$^{(١)}$.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (grammar) inflection of nouns with tanween

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: sərf
* → Persian: صرف
** → Urdu: صرف
* → Ottoman Turkish: صرف (sarf)
** → Turkish: sarf
* → Uzbek: sarf

## Persian
### Etymology 1

From Arabic صَرْف (ṣarf).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [saɾf]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [säɾf]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [säɾf]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [säɾf]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [säɾf]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [sæɹf]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [säɾf]

#### Noun

صرف • (sarf)
* conjugation
* spending; consuming
* (linguistics) morphology

##### Derived terms

* صرف کردن (sarf kardan)

##### Descendants

* → Punjabi: ਸਰਫ਼ (saraf)

### Etymology 2

From Arabic صِرْف (ṣirf). Of likely Iranian origin; compare Old Armenian սուրբ (surb), Sanskrit शुभ्र (śubhra).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [siɾf]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [sɪɾf]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [sɪɾf]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [sɪɾf]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [siɾf]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [seɹf]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [siɾf]

#### Adjective

صرف • (serf)
* mere, pure

#### Adverb

صرف • (serf)
* only, merely

##### Derived terms

* صرفاً (serfan)

##### Descendants

* → Bengali: স্রেফ (sreph)
* → Hindi: सिर्फ़ (sirf)
* → Punjabi: ਸਿਰਫ਼ (siraf)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic صَرَفَ (ṣarafa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sˤa.raf/, [ˈsˤɑ.rˤɑf]
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### Verb

صرف • (ṣaraf) I (present بصرف (boṣrof))
* to spend money
* to change money (to another currency or into smaller units)
* to dismiss, to fire (from work)
    Synonyms: عزل (ʕazal), فصل (faṣal), وقّف شغله (waʔʔaf šuḡlo)

#### Conjugation
## Urdu
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian صِرْف (sirf), from Arabic صِرْف (ṣirf).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /sɪɾf/
* Rhymes: -ɪɾf

#### Adverb

صِرْف • (sirf) (Hindi spelling सिर्फ़)
* only, just
    Synonym: بس (bas)
    مجھے صرف دو اور روپے کی ضرورت ہے۔mujhe sirf do aur rupe kī zarūrat hai.I only need two more rupees.
* solely, exclusively

#### Adjective

صِرْف • (sirf) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling सिर्फ़)
* only, mere
    Synonym: کیوَل (keval)
    صرف دو منٹ ― sirf do minaṭ ― only two minutes
* (dated) pure, unmixed, unadulterated

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian صَرْف (sarf), from Arabic صَرْف (ṣarf).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /səɾf/
* Rhymes: -əɾf

#### Noun

صَرْف • (sarf) m (Hindi spelling सर्फ़)
* expenditure, expense, use
* (linguistics) morphology

##### Declension
#### Adjective

صَرْف • (sarf) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling सर्फ़)
* busy