قاضیعسكر

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • قاضی العسكر (kadilasker), قاضی عسكر (kadı asker)
  • գազըիւ-լ-’ասքէր (kazıü-l-ʼasker), գազըի ’ասքէր (kazıi ʼasker), գազ’ասքէր (kazʼasker), գազասքէր (kazasker), գազէսքէր (kazesker) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Equivalent to قاضی (kazı, kadı, “qadi”) +‎ عسكر (asker, “soldier”). The original term was قاضی العسكر (kadilasker), formed using Arabic grammar.

Noun

قاضیعسكر • (kazasker or kaziasker or kadiasker)

  1. In the early Ottoman Empire, a chief military judge, originally appointed for a military campaign and in later times given territorial jurisdiction over Europe or over Asia [from 14th c.]
  2. In the late Ottoman Empire, one of the two chief judges of canon law, one presiding over Europe and the other presiding over Asia

Descendants

  • Turkish: kazasker
  • → Armenian: ղազիէսքէր (ġaziēskʻēr), ղազէսքէր (ġazēskʻēr)
  • → English: kadiasker
  • → Romanian: cadiascher

Further reading

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