English
Kazi
Kazi comes from Arabic قَاضٍ ‘judge’, and goes back to قَضَى.
- Arabicc. 500–presentقَضَىqaḍā‘to judge’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentقَاضٍqāḍin‘judge’
- Englishearliest quotation 1885Kazi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentقَضَىqaḍā‘to judge’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentقَاضٍqāḍin‘judge’
- Englishearliest quotation 1885Kazi
Earliest quotation: 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night: “he sent for the Kazi and his assessors, intending…”
Linked words
through Arabic قَضَى ‘to judge’
Today it means
noun A civil judge in Arabic, Persian or Turkish countries.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic قَضَى / Kazi