cadi
See also: Cadi, cadí, cadì, cadı, cădi, čadí, and Çadi
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑːdi/
- Rhymes: -ɑːdi
Noun
cadi (plural cadis)
- Alternative form of qadi
- 1819, Henry Tudor Farmer, Imagination; the Maniac's Dream: And Other Poems (page 157)
- […] look at these Christians closely, and you will abhor them. They are the worshippers of gold, not the followers of Alla. The poorest Mussulman has more hospitality than their Cadi; more charity than their Imans; more honesty than their Viziers.
- 1819, Henry Tudor Farmer, Imagination; the Maniac's Dream: And Other Poems (page 157)
Anagrams
- -adic, ACID, Daic, acid, adic, caid
French
Alternative forms
- Cadi, kadi, qadi
Etymology
Arabic قَاضٍ (qāḍin)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.di/
Audio (file)
Noun
cadi m (plural cadis)
- qadi (civil judge in certain Islamic countries)
- (by extension) judge
- Synonym: juge
Descendants
- →? German: Kadi
Further reading
- “cadi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka.di/
- Rhymes: -adi
- Hyphenation: cà‧di
Verb
cadi
- inflection of cadere:
- second-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- -cida, Ciad, dica
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.diː/, [ˈkäd̪iː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.di/, [ˈkäːd̪i]
Noun
cadī
- inflection of cadus:
- nominative/vocative plural
- genitive singular
References
- cadi in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “cadi”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “cadi”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Portuguese
Noun
cadi m (plural cadis)
- (Islam) qadi (Sharia judge)