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'''Shroff''' is a surname. The word is derived from the [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] word ''saraf'' ([[bullion]] merchant, Baniya), which in turn, is ultimately derived from the Arabic ''ṣarrāf''. The word is also used to mean a cashier, especially in a [[Parking lot#Payment|car park]] or identity card, car licensing offices and public service agents in East Asia, and a [[money changer]] or [[banker]] in South Asia.{{fact|date=June 2022}} In Hong Kong a shroff may be a place to conduct payments.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lim|first=Lisa|url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/2079497/where-word-shroff-came-and-its-many-meanings|title=Where the word ‘shroff’ came from, and its many meanings|newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=2017-03-17|accessdate=2022-06-06}}</ref> In 2016 the word "shroff" became a part of the [[Oxford English Dictionary]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/hk-magazine/article/2037921/oxford-english-dictionary-adds-hong-kong-words-yum-cha-now|title=Oxford English Dictionary Adds Hong Kong Words: "Yum Cha" Now Totally Legit |agency=[[HK Magazine]]|newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=2016-05-12|accessdate=2022-06-06}}</ref>
[[File:Portret van een onbekende geldwisselaar uit Sindh Shroff or native banker. Hindoo. Sind (titel op object), RP-F-2001-7-1122F-57.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Shroff banker in Sindh]]
==List of people with surname Shroff==
*[[Anaita Shroff Adajania]] (born 1972), Indian fashion stylist
*[[Anish Shroff]], American anchor for ESPNews since 2008
*[[Ardeshir Darabshaw Shroff]] (1899–1965), Indian industrialist, banker and economist
*[[Boman Shroff]], Indian actor, stuntman, director, writer, producer
*[[Esmayeel Shroff]] (born 1960), Indian film director and writer
*[[Jackie Shroff]] (born 1957), Indian actor
*[[Pervin Shroff]], Indian scientist
*[[Pesi Shroff]] (born 1965), Indian jockey
*[[Sachin Shroff]] (born 1972), Indian actor
*[[Sahil Shroff]], Indian model and actor
*[[Sunil Shroff]], Indian urology and transplant surgeon
*[[Sunita Shroff]], British television presenter and actress
*[[Tiger Shroff]] (born 1990), Indian model and actor
*[[Zenobia Shroff]], Indian-American actress
==See also==
* [[SARAF (disambiguation)|SARAF]]
* [[Sarraf]]
* [[Sharaf (disambiguation)|Sharaf]]
==References==
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[[Category:Surnames of Indian origin]]
[[Category:Occupational surnames]]