cadí
qadi, a judge in Muslim countriesjuez en los países musulmanes
Comes from Arabic
قَاضِي
qāḍī
“judge”«juez»
Arabic today says
قَاضِي
qāḍī
And it still does
Root
ق ض ي
q-ḍ-y
The article
It came in without the article.
The story
It is the same word as alcalde, but borrowed later, without the article and with its original meaning of judge.Es la misma palabra que alcalde, pero tomada más tarde, sin artículo y con su sentido original de juez.
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