Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A judge in Moslem countries.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A Turkish judge. See
cadi .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
qadi .
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Examples
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There is, in the dialect of the Ryazan district, a word kadi, from which the surname Kadmin is derived.
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Very nice combo - kadi patta and til, sometimes we get such a huge bunch of kadi patta that most of it goes waste, will surely try this out!
Kadipatta Til Chutney Anjali 2008
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I shud try this and I havent tried it too and I love the gujurati kadi.
Gujarati Series: Suva-Tuver Daal Bhaji (Dill with Toor Daal) Cardamom 2007
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Not only did Jews in general go to the kadi for various civil matters and find him sympathetic, but many women did so to circumvent the strict laws of marriage and inheritance or to obtain a get from a recalcitrant husband.
Levant: Women in the Jewish Communities after the Ottoman Conquest of 1517. 2009
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Of course ultimate comfort food .. rice, kadi and aloo chole!
Gujarati Series: Chana-Bateta Curry Cardamom 2007
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Sometimes a threat from a woman or her family to go to the kadi was all it took to make a husband change his behavior and the rabbinic judges adopt a more flexible position on financial and personal matters.
Levant: Women in the Jewish Communities after the Ottoman Conquest of 1517. 2009
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Serve hot with dal & rice or with chapatis / parathas and a bowl of yogurt or kadi that's what I had for lunch.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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According to Islam, a girl married at an early age could appear before the kadi on reaching maturity and sue for the retroactive termination of her marriage.
Levant: Women in the Jewish Communities after the Ottoman Conquest of 1517. 2009
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I love kadi and prepared them in 2-3 different ways alrready. yours will be the next in turn i suppose
Gujarati Series: Kadhi Cardamom 2007
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Nice work, Ashwini.. just chanced up on this today, when I was looking for a good sol kadi recipe.
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