# shroff

> English word · Noun · IPA /ʃɹɒf/ · frequency rank #78,123

## Definitions
1. A provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent banker or money changer or (historical) a local expert at detecting bad coin.
2. A cashier, especially for a car park.
3. The office of such a cashier at a car park etc.

## Etymology
A British Indian variant of saraf, from Urdu صراف (sarrāf) and Persian صراف (sarâf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shroff