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^[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.

• dika, kaid

From Arabic قَاضِي (qāḍī).

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

1. (Islam, law) a civil judge

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قاضی, Derived from Arabic قَاضِي (qāḍī⁩).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkæːdi]

kadi c (singular definite kadien, plural indefinite kadier)

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

• “kadi” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /ka.di/

kadi

1. little brother, younger brother; a brother whose age is younger than the possessor

   kadi'una ― my little brother

   kadimuna ― your little brother (sg.)

   kadinana ― his/her little brother

   kadigana ― our (incl.) little brother

   kadimaina ― our (excl.) little brother

   kadidada ― their little brother

• Oa, Morea and Ma`oni Paul. (2014-02-24). Tentative Grammar Description for the Gabadi Language. [working paper, draft created November 2013; editor: Eileen Gasaway]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: SIL International. Available online: [5].
  • Section 3.1.3 Possessive Suffixes, p.10 (table with "Kadi" + possessive suffixes)

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

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

kadi (plural kadi-kadi)

1. (Islamic 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)

1. (Chakavian) when

kadi (Cyrillic spelling кади)

1. (Chakavian) when

Borrowed from English card.^[1]

• Audio (Kenya):

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kadi class IX (plural kadi class X)

1. card

kadi

1. (anatomy) dimple