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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

casis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables
ca-sis
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete form of qadi.

Obsolete

noun

a Muslim holy man or a saint.

Etymology

From Spanish caciz or Portuguese caxis, which was from a dialectal pronunciation of Arabic قَاضٍ (qāḍin, “judge”). Doublet of qadi and alcalde.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: caciz, caxis, قَاضٍ, ق ض ي

Usage

Inflected Forms

casises (plural)

Questions

What does casis mean?
Obsolete form of qadi.
Where does casis come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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