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Estonian
Proper noun
Kadi
- a female given name, variant of Katariina (“Catherine”)
German
Etymology
First attested in the 16th century. From Arabic قَاضِي (qāḍī), possibly through a French intermediate French cadi.
Pronunciation
Noun
Kadi m (strong, genitive Kadis, plural Kadis)
- (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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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