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kazasker

kazasker noun: a chief judge in the Ottoman Empire. There were two kadiaskers: the Rumeli Kadiaskeri, who oversaw the European part of the empire, and the Anadolu Kadiaskeri, who oversaw the Asian part.

Noun

kazasker (plural kazaskers)

  1. (historical) A chief judge in the Ottoman Empire. There were two kadiaskers: the Rumeli Kadiaskeri, who oversaw the European part of the empire, and the Anadolu Kadiaskeri, who oversaw the Asian part.

Forms of kazasker

pluralkazaskers

Origin of kazasker

From Ottoman Turkish قاضیعسكر (kazasker), a reduced form of قاضی العسكر (kadilasker), from قاضی (kazı, kadı, “qadi”) and عسكر ('asker, “soldier”); compare قَاضِي العَسْكَر (qāḍī l-ʕaskar, “military judge”), from قَاضٍ (qāḍin, “judge”) + عَسْكَر (ʕaskar, “troops”). So called because the judge's jurisdiction originally extended to military cases.

Questions about kazasker

What does kazasker mean?
Kazasker means a chief judge in the Ottoman Empire. There were two kadiaskers: the Rumeli Kadiaskeri, who oversaw the European part of the empire, and the Anadolu Kadiaskeri, who oversaw the Asian part.
What part of speech is kazasker?
Kazasker is a noun.
What is the plural of kazasker?
The plural of kazasker is kazaskers.

Words near kazasker in the dictionary

  1. Kazansky
  2. kazanskyite
  3. Kazarian
  4. Kazarians
  5. kazas
  6. kazasker
  7. kazaskers
  8. kazatski
  9. kazatskies
  10. kazatskis
  11. kazatsky

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