Qadi

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɑːdi/

Alternative forms

• cadi
• kadi
• Kazi
• qazi

Origin

From Arabic قاضي.

Full definition of qadi

Noun

1. (Islam, legal) A civil judge in certain Islamic countries. from 16th c.
• 1907, Various, The Olive Fairy Book Chapter , To this the Jew agreed, and the two went together to the great hall, in which the kadi was administering justice.
• 1985, Yasmin Hussain, Sharon Siddique, Ahmad Ibrahim, Readings on Islam in Southeast Asia:legal treatises dealing with the subject usually spoke of the appointment to office of a qadi ....
• 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 74:The Qazi, his spiritual adviser, had recommended that the Russian be taken out into the desert and buried alive ....
• 2011, Jill Hamilton, The Guardian, 22 Jul 2011:While sharia law for divorce in many Muslim countries has been modified by governments, in Israel reform was initiated by qadis.

Anagrams

• qaid