kadiasker

English

Etymology

A reduced form of Ottoman Turkish قاضی العسكر (kadilasker), see kazasker for more.

Noun

kadiasker (plural kadiaskers)

  1. Synonym of kazasker.
    • 1854, E.S. CREASY, HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN TURKS: FROM THE BEGINNING OF THEIR EMPIRE TO THE PRESENT TIME, volume I, London: RICHARD BENTLEY, page 158:
      The chiefs of the legal order were, in the time of Mahomet II., the two kadiaskers, who respectively presided over the judicial establishments of Europe and Asia.
    • 1994, The Middle East Today, 6 edition, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, page 58:
      From the ulema were drawn two kadiaskers, the Religous establishment's only direct representation in government in Suleiman’s time.
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