Kadi

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Estonian

Proper noun

Kadi

  1. a female given name, variant of Katariina (Catherine)

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in the 16th century. From Arabic قَاضِي (qāḍī), possibly through a French intermediate French cadi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaːdi/
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Noun

Kadi m (strong, genitive Kadis, plural Kadis)

  1. (Islam, law) qadi (judge in Islamic law)
    • 2020 April 30, Charlotte Wiedemann, “Mit Dschihadisten verhandeln?”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      Womöglich könne jenseits der staatlichen Justiz, unter deren Korruptheit besonders die Ärmsten leiden, die Einsetzung von traditionellen islamischen Richtern (Kadis) befriedend wirken.
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  2. (colloquial, humorous, by extension) any judge or court
    Synonyms: Richter, Gericht
    jemanden vor den Kadi zerren
    to take someone to court
    (literally, “to drag someone before the qadi”)
    • 2018 April 9, Ingo Arzt, “Zehn Gründe für die Deutsche Bank: Deutsche, wir brauchen dich”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      Stimmt – und stimmt nicht: Einerseits hat Sewing in seinem Vierteljahrhundert Deutschbank auch als Risikomanager und Revisor in London gearbeitet – und dort die Investmentbanker kontrolliert, die später wegen Gesetzesverstößen vor den Kadi kamen.
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Declension

Further reading

  • Kadi on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
  • Kadi” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Kadi” in Duden online
  • Kadi” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon