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Etymology

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

Noun

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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[2]:
      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[3]:
      "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[4]:
      To this the Jew agreed, and the two went together to the great hall, in which the kadi was administering justice.
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Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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From Arabic قَاضِي (qāḍī).

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

  1. (Islam, law) a civil judge

Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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kadi (plural kadi-kadi)

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

Further reading

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъdě, *kъde.

Adverb

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kadi (Cyrillic spelling кади)

  1. (Chakavian) when

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kadi (Cyrillic spelling кади)

  1. (Chakavian) when

Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English card.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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kadi class IX (plural kadi class X)

  1. card

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Batibo, Herman M. (1996) “Loanword clusters nativization rules in Tswana and Swahili: a comparative study”, in South African Journal of African Language[1], volume 16, number 2, →DOI, page 38 of 33-41

Tboli

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Noun

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kadi

  1. (anatomy) dimple
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