xeraphim

English

Alternative forms

serafin, seraphin, xerafine, xerafim, xeraphin, xerapheen

Etymology

From Portuguese xarafin, from Arabic اَشْرَاف‎ (ašrāf), plural form of شَرِيف‎ (šarīf, “highborn”).

Noun

xeraphim (plural xeraphims)

(obsolete) An old monetary unit of Bombay, equal to three fifths of a rupee.

References

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913).

Further reading

Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “xerafine”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 974.

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