kadi

English edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish قاضی (kadı), from Arabic قَاضِي (⁧qāḍī⁩), and from Arabic directly.

Noun edit

kadi (plural kadis)

Alternative spelling of qadi, Islamic judge, particularly (historical) in Ottoman contexts where they initially oversaw local administration as well as Islamic law.
- 1836, Robert Huish, Lander's Travels‎^[1]:
  Each has an imaum, but the kadi is their head, of which dignity he seems not a little proud.
- 1898, Rounsevelle Wildman, Tales of the Malayan Coast‎^[2]:
  "You shall go to Mecca when you grow up, and become a Hadji, and when you come back the high kadi shall take you in the mosque and make a kateeb of you," said I. "Now put your forehead to the ground and thank the good Allah that the kuching had eaten dog before he got you."
- 1907, Various, The Olive Fairy Book‎^[3]:
  To this the Jew agreed, and the two went together to the great hall, in which the kadi was administering justice.

Related terms edit

kadiluk

Anagrams edit

dika, kaid

Crimean Tatar edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic قَاضِي (qāḍī).

Noun edit

kadi (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

(Islam, law) a civil judge

Indonesian edit

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kadi

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Malay kadi, from Arabic قَاضِي (qāḍī, “judge”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈka.di/
Rhymes: -di
Hyphenation: ka‧di

Noun edit

kadi (plural kadi-kadi, first-person possessive kadiku, second-person possessive kadimu, third-person possessive kadinya)