kadi

Noun

kadi (plural kadis)

1. Alternative spelling of qadi
   • 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.

   • 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."

   • 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.

Anagrams

• dika, kaid

Etymology

Arabic (indefinite) قَاضٍ‎ (qāḍin), (definite) الْقَاضِي‎ (al-qāḍī)

Noun

kadi

1. Moslem judge

Etymology

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

Adverb

kadi (Cyrillic spelling кади)

1. (Chakavian) where

Pronoun

kadi (Cyrillic spelling кади)

1. (Chakavian) where

Etymology

From English card.

Noun

kadi (n class, plural kadi)

1. card

Noun

kadi

1. (anatomy) dimple