9adi قاضي
Moroccan Darija · noun
“9adi” (قاضي) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning judge.
Meanings
- judge
- qadi, traditional judge
Usage
Common noun; plural 9odat. It refers to a court judge: l9adi 7kem 3lih "the judge sentenced him". Historically it also refers to the qadi, who handled family matters in particular, hence the old expressions around marriage and inheritance. Beware of the homography, a source of many confusions in Latin script. 9adi is also the participle of the verb 9da, meaning "in the middle of settling, doing": ana 9adi chi 7waij "I'm doing some shopping". It is also the verb form "to tidy, arrange": 9adi 7wayjek "tidy your things". Only context can tell them apart.
Example
القاضي حكم عليه بالحبس
l9adi 7kem 3lih b l7bes
“The judge sentenced him to prison.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9adi” but also “qadi”, “9aadi” and “kadi”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “9adi” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “judge”; “magistrate”: 9adhi in Tunisian.