casis
See also: ĉasis
English
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish caciz or Portuguese caxis, which was from a dialectal pronunciation of Arabic قَاضٍ (qāḍin, “judge”). Doublet of qadi and alcalde.
Noun
editcasis (plural casises)
- Obsolete form of qadi.
- (historical) a Muslim holy man or a saint.
References
edit- Hobson-Jobson: The Anglo-Indian Dictionary, by Sir Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell
Catalan
editVerb
editcasis
Latin
editNoun
editcasīs f
References
edit- casis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Spanish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcasis m (plural casis)
Further reading
edit- “casis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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