"shroff" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʃɹɒf/ [UK], /ʃɹɔf/ [US], /ʃɹɑf/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shroff.wav [Southern-England] Forms: shroffs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒf, -ɔf, -ɑf Etymology: A British Indian variant of saraf, from Urdu صراف (sarrāf) and Persian صراف (sarâf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf). Etymology templates: {{m|en|saraf}} saraf, {{der|en|ur|صراف|tr=sarrāf}} Urdu صراف (sarrāf), {{der|en|fa|صراف|tr=sarâf}} Persian صراف (sarâf), {{der|en|ar|صَرَّاف}} Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf), {{root|en|ar|ص ر ف}} [Template:root] Head templates: {{en-noun}} shroff (plural shroffs)
  1. (India) A provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent banker or money changer or (historical) a local expert at detecting bad coin. Tags: India Categories (topical): Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-shroff-en-noun-ZnlVahJM Disambiguation of Occupations: 55 36 4 5 Disambiguation of People: 51 39 5 5 Categories (other): Indian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 30 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 31 20 16
  2. (Hong Kong) A cashier, especially for a car park. Tags: Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-shroff-en-noun-cZefk54i Categories (other): Hong Kong English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 31 20 16
  3. (Hong Kong) Short for shroff office: the office of a shroff at a car park, etc. Tags: Hong-Kong, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: shroff office (extra: the office of a shroff at a car park, etc)
    Sense id: en-shroff-en-noun-iKFhKDvL Categories (other): Hong Kong English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 31 20 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sheroff [obsolete], sheraffe [obsolete], sheriffe [obsolete], sharoffe [obsolete], sherrafe [obsolete], shraff [obsolete], shrofe [obsolete], sheraff [obsolete] Hypernyms: banker, usurer, money changer, cashier Derived forms: Shroff, shroff office, shroff-shop

Verb

IPA: /ʃɹɒf/ [UK], /ʃɹɔf/ [US], /ʃɹɑf/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shroff.wav [Southern-England] Forms: shroffs [present, singular, third-person], shroffing [participle, present], shroffed [participle, past], shroffed [past]
Rhymes: -ɒf, -ɔf, -ɑf Etymology: A British Indian variant of saraf, from Urdu صراف (sarrāf) and Persian صراف (sarâf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf). Etymology templates: {{m|en|saraf}} saraf, {{der|en|ur|صراف|tr=sarrāf}} Urdu صراف (sarrāf), {{der|en|fa|صراف|tr=sarâf}} Persian صراف (sarâf), {{der|en|ar|صَرَّاف}} Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf), {{root|en|ar|ص ر ف}} [Template:root] Head templates: {{en-verb}} shroff (third-person singular simple present shroffs, present participle shroffing, simple past and past participle shroffed)
  1. (India, transitive) To act as a shroff, especially (historical) to inspect coins to detect debasement, counterfeits, clipping, etc. for a commission. Tags: India, transitive Derived forms: shroffage, shroffing school
    Sense id: en-shroff-en-verb-BcOFk7nC Categories (other): Indian English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 31 20 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sheroff [obsolete], sheraffe [obsolete], sheriffe [obsolete], sharoffe [obsolete], sherrafe [obsolete], shraff [obsolete], shrofe [obsolete], sheraff [obsolete]

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1618, cited in William Foster, The English Factories in India..., page 8",
          "text": "The sheraffs are poore and begerly."
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          "ref": "1816, 'Quiz', The Grand Master..., canto ii, ll. 18 f.",
          "text": "The breakfast soon dispatch'd, they're off,\nTo borrow money from a shroff."
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          "ref": "1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Broken-Link Handicap’, Plain Tales from the Hills, fol. 2005, page 110",
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      ],
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      ]
    },
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          "ref": "1950 November 3, South China Morning Post, page 7",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2006 July 29, South China Morning Post, page 12",
          "text": "It is a source of endless fascination to newcomers to Hong Kong to observe types of employment in the city rarely seen in other parts of the world. Where, away from here, would you come across a shroff, for example?",
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          "text": "I represented... that the money could not be divided till it was shroffed."
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