Where does “ਸਿਰਫ਼” come from?
ਸਿਰਫ਼ (Punjabi) comes from Arabic صِرْف, from Arabic صَرَفَ — to pay out, spend, change money.
ਸਿਰਫ਼ (Punjabi): only
Ancestry of “ਸਿਰਫ਼”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | صِرْف | — |
| 2 | Arabic | صَرَفَ | to pay out, spend, change money |