kadi

American  

[kah-dee, key-] / ˈkɑ di, ˈkeɪ- /

noun

• kadis
  plural

1. a variant of qadi.

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kadi British  

/ ˈkɑːdɪ, ˈkeɪdɪ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of cadi

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• kadis
  plural

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

kadi kadis

The kadi pakora finds large vegetable dumplings submerged in a yellow, yogurt-based curry that provides no clue as to the serious pepper kick that lies within.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 5, 2018

In 1261 he was appointed chief kadi over all the provinces of Syria, with his tribunal at Damascus, in which post he remained for ten years.

From A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas

The seat of the kadi, or civil magistrate, who here settled all disputes not deemed important enough to be carried before the sultan, the Gate of Justice was regarded with peculiar veneration by the Moors.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various

You have never heard of the thugs, O kadi, although you sit in the place of justice.

From Tales of Destiny by Edmund Mitchell

At the instigation of the kadi, the pasha informed the Rabbi of Jerusalem that the Jews would be held responsible for the restoration of the weapon.

From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 by Paul Radin

Their kadis are all suns, and yet they are in the dark.

From A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas

With the faith of Islam he had long been familiar, and of the corrupt and tyrannical form of government of Mulai el Hassan and his kaids and kadis he had an intimate knowledge.

From The Blind Mother and The Last Confession by Sir Hall Caine

A few steps beyond we reach the famous Puerta de la Justicia, so called because within it the Moorish sultans or their kadis administered justice—or it may have been merely law.

From Southern Spain by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Calvert