SHROFF

Etymology

Noun

shroff (plural shroffs)

(India) A provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent banker or money changer or (historical) a local expert at detecting bad coin.

(Hong Kong) A cashier, especially for a carpark.

(Hong Kong) Short for shroff office: the office of a shroff at a carpark, etc.

Hypernyms

• banker, usurer, money changer, cashier

Verb

shroff (third-person singular simple present shroffs, present participle shroffing, simple past and past participle shroffed)

(India, transitive) To act as a shroff, especially (historical) to inspect coins to detect debasement, counterfeits, clipping, etc. for a commission.

Proper noun

Shroff (plural Shroffs)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shroff is the 23283^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1094 individuals. Shroff is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (81.63%) and White (13.71%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

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Shroff, n. Etym: [Ar. sarraf.]

Definition: A banker, or changer of money. [East Indies]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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