9adhi قاضي
Tunisian Derja · noun
“9adhi” (قاضي) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning judge.
Meanings
- judge
- magistrate
Usage
The word 9adhi refers to the judge, the magistrate of a court. It is shared by Standard Arabic and Tunisian speech, and is used in conversation as well as in the press. It appears in phrases such as "9adhi t-tahqiq" (investigating judge) and "9adhi l-a7wel ech-chakhsiya" (family court judge). The plural is 9odhet. The initial consonant is most often pronounced "q", hence the spellings with 9 or k.
Example
حكم عليه القاضي بالحبس
7kem 3lih el 9adhi bel 7abs
“The judge sentenced him to prison.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9adhi” but also “kadhi”, “qadhi”, “9adi” 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 “9adhi” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “judge”; “qadi, traditional judge”: 9adi in Moroccan.