kadi

See also Kadi

English

Noun

kadi (plural kadis)

1. Alternative form of qadi.
   • 1907, Various, The Olive Fairy Book^[1]:

     To this the Jew agreed, and the two went together to the great hall, in which the kadi was administering justice.

   • 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."

   • 1836, Robert Huish, Lander's Travels^[3]:

     Each has an imaum, but the kadi is their head, of which dignity he seems not a little proud.

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Arabic قاضي (qaaDiy)

Noun

kadi

1. Moslem judge

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъdě, *kъde, from Proto-Indo-European *kwu-dhē.

Adverb

kadi

1. (Chakavian) where

Pronoun

kadi

1. (Chakavian) where

Synonyms

• gdje