kazasker

Etymology

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.

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. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.

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.