kadi

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

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:

     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:

     "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:

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

• dika, kaid

From Arabic قَاضِي (qāḍī).

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

1. (Islam, law) a civil judge

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

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

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

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъdě, *kъde.

kadi (Cyrillic spelling кади)

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kadi (Cyrillic spelling кади)

1. (Chakavian) when

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kadi (n class, plural kadi)

1. card

• 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”)

kadi

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