Qadi
WordNet
noun
(1) An Islamic judge
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A judge in Shari'a law, to whose judgement there is no appeal.
- 1985: Yasmin Hussain, Sharon Siddique, Ahmad Ibrahim, Readings on Islam in Southeast Asia
- [...] consequently legal treatises dealing with the subject usually spoke of the appointment to office of a qadi (taqlīd al-qaḍā) rather than [...]
- 1985: Yasmin Hussain, Sharon Siddique, Ahmad Ibrahim, Readings on Islam in Southeast Asia