सराफ
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian صراف (sarâf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf). Compare Gujarati સરાફ (sarāph), Hindustani صَرّاف / सर्राफ़ (sarrāf), Sindhi صَرافُ / सराफ़ु, Punjabi ਸਰਾਫ਼ (sarāf) / صَراف (ṣarāf), Maithili सराफ (sarāph) / 𑒮𑒩𑒰𑒤 (sarāpha).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sə.ɾapʰ/
Declension
| Declension of सराफ (sarāph) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
सराफ sarāph | ||
| direct plural |
सराफ sarāph | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | सराफ sarāph |
सराफ sarāph | |
| oblique | सराफा- sarāphā- |
सराफां- sarāphāN- | |
| dative | सराफाला sarāphālā |
सराफांना sarāphāNnā | |
| ergative | सराफाने sarāphāne |
सराफांनी sarāphāNni | |
| instrumental | सराफाशी sarāphāśi |
सराफांशी sarāphāNśi | |
| locative | सराफात sarāphāt |
सराफांत sarāphāNt | |
| vocative | सराफा sarāphā |
सराफांनो sarāphāNno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of सराफ | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object | feminine object | neuter object | oblique | |||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular* | plural | |||
| singular subject | सराफाचा sarāphāċā |
सराफाचे sarāphāce |
सराफाची sarāphāci |
सराफाच्या sarāphāca |
सराफाचे, सराफाचं sarāphāce, sarāphāċa |
सराफाची sarāphāci |
सराफाच्या sarāphāca | |
| plural subject | सराफांचा sarāphāNċā |
सराफांचे sarāphāNce |
सराफांची sarāphāNci |
सराफांच्या sarāphāNca |
सराफांचे, सराफांचं sarāphāNce, sarāphāNċa |
सराफांची sarāphāNci |
सराफांच्या sarāphāNca | |
| * 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
- Date, Yasavanta Ramakrshna (1932-1950), “सराफ”, in Maharashtra Sabdakosa (in Marathi), Pune: Maharashtra Kosamandala.
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