قاضی

See also: قاضي, فاضي, and قاضى

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَاضِي (qāḍī).

Noun

قاضی • (kazı, vulg. kadı) (plural قاضیلر (kazılar, vulg. kadılar) or قُضات (kuzât))

judge, kazi, kadi

Derived terms

قاضیلق (kazılık, kadılık)

Descendants

Turkish: kadı
→ English: kazi, kazee, kadi
→ Macedonian: кадија (kadija)
→ Romanian: cadiu

References

Mallouf, Nassif (1867) “قاضی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 948
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قاضی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1417

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَاضِي (qāḍī).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /qaː.ˈziː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɑː.ziː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qɑː.ziː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qɔː.zi]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qɒː.ziː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qɔ.zi]

Readings
Classical reading^?	qāzī
Dari reading^?	qāzī
Iranian reading^?	ġâzi
Tajik reading^?	qozi

Noun


Iranian Persian	قاضی
Dari	قاضی
Tajik	қозӣ

قاضی • (qâzi) (plural قاضی‌ها, or قضات (qozât))

judge

Descendants

Dari: قَاضِی (qāzī)
Iranian Persian: قاضی (ġâzi)
Tajik: қозӣ (qozi)
→ Bengali: কাজী (kaji)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: क़ाज़ी (qāzī)

Urdu: قاضِی (qāzī)
→ Punjabi:
Shahmukhi script: قاضِی (qāẓī)
→ Sindhi: قاضي

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (qāzī), from Arabic قَاضِي (qāḍī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qɑː.ziː/

Noun

قاضِی • (qāzī) m (formal plural قُضات (quzāt), Hindi spelling क़ाज़ी)

(Islam, law) qazi
(less common) judge
Synonym: جَج (jaj)

Declension

Declension of **قاضی**
	singular	plural
direct	قاضی (qāzī)	قاضی (qāzī)
oblique	قاضی (qāzī)	قاضیوں (qāzīõ)
vocative	قاضی (qāzī)	قاضیو (qāzīo)