saraf

noun /saˈɹɑːf/

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.

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry saraf (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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