casis
Meanings
noun
- Obsolete form of qadi.
- a Muslim holy man or a saint.
Word forms
Etymology
From Spanish caciz or Portuguese caxis, which was from a dialectal pronunciation of Arabic قَاضٍ (qāḍin, “judge”). Doublet of qadi and alcalde.
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