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kadhi

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kadhi¹

noun kadhis · karhi

  1. India, countable, uncountable A curry made from chickpea flour and yoghurt which is served with pakoras.

kadhi²

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Borrowed from Arabic قَاضٍ (qāḍin, “judge”). Doublet of qadi.

noun kadhis · karhi

  1. alternative Alternative form of qadi The Chief Kadhi and the other Kadhis, or the Chief Kadhi and such of the other Kadhis […] shall each be empowered to hold court of Kadhi having jurisdiction within the Protectorate or within such part of the Protectorate as may be so prescribe […]

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@misc{kadhi_2026,
  title = {kadhi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kadhi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}