kadi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kadi"

English

Etymology

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

Noun

kadi (plural kadis)

1. 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

• kadiluk

 

Anagrams

• dika, kaid

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic قَاضِي (qāḍī).

Noun

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

1. (Islam, law) a civil judge

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. (Islam, law) qadi: a judge who is trained in and practices Islamic law.

   Synonym: penghulu

Further reading

• “kadi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъdě, *kъde.

Adverb

kadi (Cyrillic spelling кади)

1. (Chakavian) when

Pronoun

kadi (Cyrillic spelling кади)

1. (Chakavian) when

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English card.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

kadi (n class, plural kadi)

1. card

Derived terms

• kadi ya mkopo (“credit card”)
• kadi ya posta (“postcard”)
• kadi ya SIM (“SIM card”)
• kadi ya uanachama (“membership card”)
• kadi ya njano (“yellow card”)
• kadi nyekundu (“red card”)

Tboli

Noun

kadi

1. (anatomy) dimple