Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

qadi

/ˈkɑːdi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

Syllables: qa-di
IPA: /ˈkɑːdi/

14

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A judge who is trained in and practices Islamic law.

Example Sentences

"To this the Jew agreed, and the two went together to the great hall, in which the kadi was administering justice."
"legal treatises dealing with the subject usually spoke of the appointment to office of a qadi [...]."
"The Qazi, his spiritual adviser, had recommended that the Russian be taken out into the desert and buried alive [...]."
"While sharia law for divorce in many Muslim countries has been modified by governments, in Israel reform was initiated by qadis."

Etymology

From Arabic قَاضٍ (qāḍin, “judge”). Doublet of alcalde, casis, cauzee, and kadhi.

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: قَاضٍ, ق ض ي

Inflected Forms

qadis (plural) cadee (alternative) cadi (alternative) kadi (alternative) Kazi (alternative) qazi (alternative) Quazi (alternative) kadhi (alternative) casis (alternative) caxis (alternative) casiz (alternative) cashish (alternative)

Homonyms

cardy cadi

Rhymes With

mahdi cadi kgalagadi tsade imzadi

Questions

How do you pronounce qadi?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɑːdi/.
What does qadi mean?: A judge who is trained in and practices Islamic law.
Where does qadi come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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