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Saraaf-Khaana

सर्राफ़-ख़ाना
said sar-raaf-KHAA-na
also written: sarraf-khana
Meaning

A money-changer's office or bank; a counting-house.

See it in the verse

Saraaf-Khaana in Iqbal’s couplets

Jinhen main dhundhta tha aasmanon mein zaminon mein
Wo nikle mere zulmat-khana-e-dil ke makinon mein
Those I searched for across the skies and the earth turned out to dwell in the darkened house of my own heart.
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Related words
ARABIC

Sarraf

A money-changer, banker or assayer of coin; a dealer in gold and silver.

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