قضاء

قضاء

Arabic

Root
ق ض ي‎ (q-ḍ-y)

Noun

قَضَاء • (qaḍāʾ) m (plural أَقْضِيَة‎ (ʾaqḍiya))

1. verbal noun of قَضَى‎ (qaḍā) (form I)
2. judgement

   Synonyms: حُكْم‎ (ḥukm), حُكُومَة‎ (ḥukūma)

3. jurisdiction
4. an administrative unit of territory, used in the Asiatic part of the Arab world
5. (theology) divine will or decree; providence; destiny

Declension

Declension of noun قَضَاء (qaḍāʾ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَضَاء qaḍāʾ	الْقَضَاء‎ al-qaḍāʾ	قَضَاء qaḍāʾ
Nominative	قَضَاءٌ qaḍāʾun	الْقَضَاءُ‎ al-qaḍāʾu	قَضَاءُ qaḍāʾu
Accusative	قَضَاءً qaḍāʾan	الْقَضَاءَ‎ al-qaḍāʾa	قَضَاءَ qaḍāʾa
Genitive	قَضَاءٍ qaḍāʾin	الْقَضَاءِ‎ al-qaḍāʾi	قَضَاءِ qaḍāʾi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَضَاءَيْن‎ qaḍāʾayn	الْقَضَاءَيْن‎ al-qaḍāʾayn	قَضَاءَيْ‎ qaḍāʾay
Nominative	قَضَاءَانِ‎ qaḍāʾāni	الْقَضَاءَانِ‎ al-qaḍāʾāni	قَضَاءَا‎ qaḍāʾā
Accusative	قَضَاءَيْنِ‎ qaḍāʾayni	الْقَضَاءَيْنِ‎ al-qaḍāʾayni	قَضَاءَيْ‎ qaḍāʾay
Genitive	قَضَاءَيْنِ‎ qaḍāʾayni	الْقَضَاءَيْنِ‎ al-qaḍāʾayni	قَضَاءَيْ‎ qaḍāʾay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَقْضِيَة‎ ʾaqḍiya	الْأَقْضِيَة‎ al-ʾaqḍiya	أَقْضِيَة‎ ʾaqḍiyat
Nominative	أَقْضِيَةٌ‎ ʾaqḍiyatun	الْأَقْضِيَةُ‎ al-ʾaqḍiyatu	أَقْضِيَةُ‎ ʾaqḍiyatu
Accusative	أَقْضِيَةً‎ ʾaqḍiyatan	الْأَقْضِيَةَ‎ al-ʾaqḍiyata	أَقْضِيَةَ‎ ʾaqḍiyata
Genitive	أَقْضِيَةٍ‎ ʾaqḍiyatin	الْأَقْضِيَةِ‎ al-ʾaqḍiyati	أَقْضِيَةِ‎ ʾaqḍiyati

Derived terms

• قَضَاءٌ وَقَدَرٌ‎ (qaḍāʾun wa-qadarun, coordinated pair)

Descendants

• Ottoman Turkish: قضا‎ (kaza)
  • Turkish: kaza
  • → Albanian: kaza
  • → Armenian: խազա (xaza), կա̈զա̈ (käzä)
  • → Bulgarian: кааза̀ (kaazà)
  • → English: kaza
  • → Greek: καζάς (kazás)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: каза

    Latin: kaza

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَضَاءً‎ (qaḍāʾan), adverbial accusative of قَضَاء‎ (qaḍāʾ).

Adverb

قضاءً • (kazaen)

1. by chance; accidentally

Descendants

• Turkish: kazaen

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “kazaen”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “قضاء”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 963b