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Meaning of qadi | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈkɑːdi

Definitions

A judge who is trained in and practices Islamic law.

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca qazı
Bosanski kadi kadi
Dansk kadi
Deutsch Kadi
Español cadí
Français cadi qadi
ગુજરાતી કાજી
हिन्दी क़ाज़ी
Hrvatski kadi kadi
Magyar kádi
Bahasa Indonesia kadi
Italiano cadi
日本語 カーディー
Kurdî qozî
Кыргызча казы
Македонски кадија
Nederlands kadi
Polski kadi
Português cádi
Русский кади
Српски kadi kadi
Kiswahili kadhi
Türkçe kadı
ئۇيغۇرچە قازى
Oʻzbekcha qozi

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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