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kaza

/ˈkaza/

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From Ottoman Turkish قضا (kaza, “division of a sanjak”), from Arabic قَضَاء (qaḍāʔ, “jurisdiction, court circuit”), from قَضَى (qaḍā, “to decide, to judge”).

noun kazas · caza

A subdistrict, particularly (historical) a third-level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire.
Similar: kaymakamlik

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@misc{kaza_2026,
  title = {kaza},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kaza},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}