सराफ

See also: सराफ़ा, सिर्फ, and सिर्फ

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sə.ɾɑːpʰ/, [sɐ.ɾäːpʰ]

Noun

सराफ • (sarāph) m

1. nuqtaless form of सराफ़ (sarāf)

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صراف (sarrāf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf). Compare Gujarati સરાફ (sarāph), Hindustani صَرّاف (sarrāf) / सर्राफ़ (sarrāf), Sindhi صَرافُ / सराफ़ु, Punjabi ਸਰਾਫ਼ (sarāf) / صَراف (ṣarāf), Maithili सराफ (sarāph) / 𑒮𑒩𑒰𑒤 (sarāpha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.ɾapʰ/

Noun

सराफ • (sarāph) m

1. money changer, moneylender, jeweller

Declension

Declension of सराफ (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	सराफ sarāph
direct plural	सराफ sarāph
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	सराफ sarāph		सराफ sarāph
oblique सामान्यरूप	सराफा sarāphā		सराफां- sarāphān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	सराफाला sarāphālā		सराफांना sarāphānnā
ergative	सराफाने, सराफानं sarāphāne, sarāphāna		सराफांनी sarāphānnī
instrumental	सराफाशी sarāphāśī		सराफांशी sarāphānśī
locative सप्तमी	सराफात sarāphāt		सराफांत sarāphāt
vocative संबोधन	सराफा sarāphā		सराफांनो sarāphānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of सराफ (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	सराफाचा sarāphāċā	सराफाचे sarāphāċe	सराफाची sarāphācī	सराफाच्या sarāphācā	सराफाचे, सराफाचं sarāphāċe, sarāphāċa	सराफाची sarāphācī	सराफाच्या sarāphācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	सराफांचा sarāphānċā	सराफांचे sarāphānċe	सराफांची sarāphāñcī	सराफांच्या sarāphāncā	सराफांचे, सराफांचं sarāphānċe, sarāphānċa	सराफांची sarāphāñcī	सराफांच्या sarāphāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “सराफ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “सराफ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “सराफ”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).