Etymology

kazasker

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Today it 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. Full definition →

Ottoman Turkish قاضیعسكر
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  1. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromقاضیعسكر
  2. English todaykazasker

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.

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