qadi
/ˈkɑːdi
/ /ˈkeɪdi /(also cadi, kadi)
noun (plural qadis)
(In Islamic countries) a judge.Customary law and Muslim law are carried out by the cadis in matters of personal rights and inheritance....
- The police and the French gendarmerie help the European judges who dispense justice in the penal system and constitute the court of appeals for the tribunals of Islamic judges (cadis).
- The rabbis in their pulpits and the kadis in their mosques have erased the word from their lexicon.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Arabic qāḍī, from qaḍā 'to judge'.