Where does “صرف” come from?
صرف (Urdu) comes from Persian صرف, from Arabic صِرْف, from Arabic صَرَفَ — to pay out, spend, change money.
Ancestry of “صرف”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | صرف | spending; consuming; mere, pure; only, merely |
| 2 | Arabic | صِرْف | — |
| 3 | Arabic | صَرَفَ | to pay out, spend, change money |