different between wadi vs qadi

English

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (w?din, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).

Noun

wadi (plural wadis or wadies)

1. A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.

Translations

Anagrams

• DWAI, Waid, waid

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

wadi

1. younger sibling

Dutch

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (w?din, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: wa?di

Noun

wadi m (plural wadi's)

1. (geology) wadi

Synonyms

• rivierdal

Gothic

Romanization

wadi

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Spanish

Noun

wadi m (plural wadis)

1. wadi

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (w?din, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).

Pronunciation

Noun

wadi (n class, plural wadi)

1. gully

English

Alternative forms

• cadi, kadi, Kazi, qazi

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (q??in, “judge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??di/

Noun

qadi (plural qadis)

1. (Islam, law) A civil judge in certain Islamic countries. [from 16th c.]
   • 1985, Yasmin Hussain, Sharon Siddique, Ahmad Ibrahim, Readings on Islam in Southeast Asia:

     legal treatises dealing with the subject usually spoke of the appointment to office of a qadi [...].

   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 74:

     The Qazi, his spiritual adviser, had recommended that the Russian be taken out into the desert and buried alive [...].

   • 2011, Jill Hamilton, The Guardian, 22 Jul 2011:

     While sharia law for divorce in many Muslim countries has been modified by governments, in Israel reform was initiated by qadis.

Translations

Anagrams

• qaid