सराफ

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Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /sə.ɾɑːpʰ/,

Noun

सराफ (sarāphm

  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

Noun

सराफ (sarāphm

  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 (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Further reading

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “सराफ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • 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 (1932-1950) “सराफ”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).