"صراف" meaning in Persian

See صراف in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [saɾ.ˈɾɑːf] [Classical-Persian], [sär.rɑ́ːf] [Dari, formal], [sär.rɑ́ːf] [Dari, formal], [sär.rɑ́ːf] [Kabuli], [sär.rɔ́ːf] (note: Hazaragi), [sæɹ.ɹɒ́ːf] [Iran, formal], [säɾ.ɾɔ́f] [Tajik, formal] Forms: sarrâf [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf). Etymology templates: {{etymon|fa|bor|ar>صَرَّاف>moneychanger|id=moneychanger|text=+}} Borrowed from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf). Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|||||||f1tr=|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=sarrâf|tr2=|tr3=}} صراف • (sarrâf), {{fa-noun|tr=sarrâf}} صراف • (sarrâf)
  1. money changer Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-صراف-fa-noun-vDwVhpIV Disambiguation of Occupations: 78 22 Categories (other): Persian entries with etymology texts, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with etymology texts: 81 19 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 80 20
  2. (historical) banker, money dealer Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-صراف-fa-noun-6uGMABuq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: صرافی (sarrâfi)
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sarrâfi",
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    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "સરાફ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: સરાફ (sarāph)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: સરાફ (sarāph)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-hnd",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindustani:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindustani:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "सर्राफ़",
            "3": "सराफ़"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: सर्राफ़ (sarrāf), सराफ़ (sarāf)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: सर्राफ़ (sarrāf), सराफ़ (sarāf)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "صَرّاف"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: صَرّاف (sarrāf)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: صَرّاف (sarrāf)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mai",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Maithili:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Maithili:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mai",
            "2": "सराफ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Devanagari script: सराफ (sarāph)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Devanagari script: सराफ (sarāph)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mai",
            "2": "𑒮𑒩𑒰𑒤",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Tirhuta script: 𑒮𑒩𑒰𑒤 (sarāpha)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tirhuta script: 𑒮𑒩𑒰𑒤 (sarāpha)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mr",
            "2": "सराफ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Marathi: सराफ (sarāph)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Marathi: सराफ (sarāph)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "صراف",
            "3": "صرافان",
            "bor": "1",
            "g2": "p",
            "tr": "sarraf",
            "tr2": "sarrâfân"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: صراف (sarraf), صرافان pl (sarrâfân)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: صراف (sarraf), صرافان pl (sarrâfân)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "zaraf",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: zaraf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: zaraf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "sarraf"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: sarraf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: sarraf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Punjabi:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਸਰਾਫ਼",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਸਰਾਫ਼ (sarāf)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਸਰਾਫ਼ (sarāf)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "صَراف",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: صَراف (ṣarāf)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: صَراف (ṣarāf)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sd",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sindhi:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sindhi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sd",
            "2": "صَرافُ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Arabic script: صَرافُ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Arabic script: صَرافُ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sd",
            "2": "सराफ़ु",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Devanagari script: सराफ़ु",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Devanagari script: सराफ़ु"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "fa",
        "2": "bor",
        "3": "ar>صَرَّاف>moneychanger",
        "id": "moneychanger",
        "text": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).",
      "name": "etymon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sarrâf",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "sarrâf",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "صراف • (sarrâf)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "sarrâf"
      },
      "expansion": "صراف • (sarrâf)",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with etymology texts",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fa",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "fa:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "money changer"
      ],
      "id": "en-صراف-fa-noun-vDwVhpIV",
      "links": [
        [
          "money changer",
          "money changer"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The banker made a long description of his pearls and jewels,\nBut he laughed that there was nothing better than my own jewel.",
          "ref": "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:",
          "roman": "sarrāf basē wasf-i durr u guhar-i xwad guft\nxandīd ki bihtar nabūd az guhar-i man",
          "text": "صراف بسی وصف در و گهر خود گفت\nخندید که بهتر نبود از گهر من",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "banker, money dealer"
      ],
      "id": "en-صراف-fa-noun-6uGMABuq",
      "links": [
        [
          "banker",
          "banker"
        ],
        [
          "money",
          "money"
        ],
        [
          "dealer",
          "dealer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) banker, money dealer"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[saɾ.ˈɾɑːf]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sär.rɑ́ːf]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sär.rɑ́ːf]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sär.rɑ́ːf]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sär.rɔ́ːf]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sæɹ.ɹɒ́ːf]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[säɾ.ɾɔ́f]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "صراف"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Persian entries with etymology texts",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Persian terms derived from Arabic",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "fa:Occupations",
    "sd:Occupations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "sarrâfi",
      "word": "صرافی"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "સરાફ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: સરાફ (sarāph)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: સરાફ (sarāph)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-hnd",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindustani:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindustani:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "सर्राफ़",
            "3": "सराफ़"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: सर्राफ़ (sarrāf), सराफ़ (sarāf)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: सर्राफ़ (sarrāf), सराफ़ (sarāf)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "صَرّاف"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: صَرّاف (sarrāf)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: صَرّاف (sarrāf)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mai",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Maithili:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Maithili:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mai",
            "2": "सराफ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Devanagari script: सराफ (sarāph)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Devanagari script: सराफ (sarāph)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mai",
            "2": "𑒮𑒩𑒰𑒤",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Tirhuta script: 𑒮𑒩𑒰𑒤 (sarāpha)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tirhuta script: 𑒮𑒩𑒰𑒤 (sarāpha)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mr",
            "2": "सराफ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Marathi: सराफ (sarāph)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Marathi: सराफ (sarāph)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "صراف",
            "3": "صرافان",
            "bor": "1",
            "g2": "p",
            "tr": "sarraf",
            "tr2": "sarrâfân"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: صراف (sarraf), صرافان pl (sarrâfân)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: صراف (sarraf), صرافان pl (sarrâfân)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "zaraf",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: zaraf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: zaraf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "sarraf"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: sarraf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: sarraf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Punjabi:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਸਰਾਫ਼",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਸਰਾਫ਼ (sarāf)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਸਰਾਫ਼ (sarāf)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "صَراف",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: صَراف (ṣarāf)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: صَراف (ṣarāf)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sd",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sindhi:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sindhi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sd",
            "2": "صَرافُ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Arabic script: صَرافُ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Arabic script: صَرافُ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sd",
            "2": "सराफ़ु",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Devanagari script: सराफ़ु",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Devanagari script: सराफ़ु"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "bor",
        "3": "ar>صَرَّاف>moneychanger",
        "id": "moneychanger",
        "text": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).",
      "name": "etymon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sarrâf",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "sarrâf",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "صراف • (sarrâf)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "sarrâf"
      },
      "expansion": "صراف • (sarrâf)",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "money changer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "money changer",
          "money changer"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with historical senses",
        "Persian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The banker made a long description of his pearls and jewels,\nBut he laughed that there was nothing better than my own jewel.",
          "ref": "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:",
          "roman": "sarrāf basē wasf-i durr u guhar-i xwad guft\nxandīd ki bihtar nabūd az guhar-i man",
          "text": "صراف بسی وصف در و گهر خود گفت\nخندید که بهتر نبود از گهر من",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "banker, money dealer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "banker",
          "banker"
        ],
        [
          "money",
          "money"
        ],
        [
          "dealer",
          "dealer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) banker, money dealer"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[saɾ.ˈɾɑːf]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sär.rɑ́ːf]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sär.rɑ́ːf]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sär.rɑ́ːf]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sär.rɔ́ːf]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sæɹ.ɹɒ́ːf]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[säɾ.ɾɔ́f]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "صراف"
}

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