kadi

American  

[kah-dee, key-] / ˈkɑ di, ˈkeɪ- /

noun

plural

kadis

1. a variant of qadi.

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kadi British  

/ ˈkɑːdɪ, ˈkeɪdɪ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of cadi

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Example Sentences

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

Illegality was, however, checked to some extent by the generally wise and just influence of the chief justice, or kadi, whose probity often formed the best feature of the Arab government in Egypt.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

As well as basha every city has its kadi, or judge of civil law, who settles all questions of land, of grants, divorces, etc.

From In the Tail of the Peacock by Savory, Isabel

And the kadi advised him to give large alms to their brethren, if he would escape from the hands of those whom he had slain.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

Each has an imaum, but the kadi is their head, of which dignity he seems not a little proud.

From Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa by Huish, Robert