سرف

سرف

See also: شرق‎, شرف‎, سرق‎, and سرڤ‎

Arabic

Noun

سَرَفٌ • (sarafun) m

1. dissipation, waste
2. exaggeration, immoderateness, intemperance
3. extravagance, prodigality
   • a. 869, Al-Jāḥiẓ, “خطبة الكتاب”, in Muḥammad Fatḥī ʾAbū Bakr, editor, Al-Buḵalāʾ, fifth edition, Egyptian-Lebanese Publishing House, published 2021, →ISBN, page 30:

     ‏وَلِمَ جَعَلُوا الْجُودَ سَرَفًا وَٱلْأَثْرَةَ جَهْلًا‎

     walima jaʿalū l-jūda sarafan wal-ʾaṯrata jahlan

     Why do they portray benevolence as extravagance and depict unselfishness as folly?

     Translated by Jim Colville

   • 11. century, Al-Raghib al-Isfahani, Al-Kulliyyāt:

     ‏السرف: تجاوز الحد في كلِّ فعل يفعله الإنسان، وإن كان ذلك في الإنفاق أشهر‎

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Synonyms

• إِسْرَاف‎ (ʾisrāf)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “سرف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /suɾf/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /sʊɾf/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /soɾf/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /suɾf/

Verb

سرف • (sorf)

1. present stem form of سرفیدن‎

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سرف‎ (sarf).

Noun

سرف • (sarf) m (Hindi spelling सर्फ़)

1. extravagance, excess, non-essential expenditure

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Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu سرف‎ (sarf).

Noun

سرف (sarf)

1. extravagance, excess, non-essential expenditure