Dothraki
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Dothraki is the harsh, rhythmic language of the Dothraki horse lords from Game of Thrones.
Description
Dothraki was created by linguist David J. Peterson for HBO's Game of Thrones, based on fragments in George R.R. Martin's novels. The language has over 3,000 words and features a Subject-Verb-Object word order, no written form within its fiction, and vocabulary heavily focused on horses, warfare, and nomadic life. Peterson designed Dothraki to sound harsh yet natural, with influences from Turkish, Russian, Estonian, and Swahili.
Sample Vocabulary
| Dothraki | English | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| 'sh | elided version of ish | elided version of ish |
| 'th | elided version of eth | elided version of eth |
| acchakat | to silence | to silence (verb) |
| achra | smelly | smelly |
| achrakh | stink | stink |
| achralat | to be smelly, to give off a smell | to be smelly, to give off a smell (verb) |
| adakhat | to eat | to eat (verb) |
| adakhilat | to feed (specifically, to feed on or feast on) | to feed (verb) |
| addakhat | to feed | to feed (verb) |
| addo ajjalani | midnight | midnight |
| addothralat | to convey, to transport someone | to convey, to transport someone (verb) |
| addrekat | to cause to spill, to spill | to cause to spill, to spill (verb) |
| ador | chair | chair |
| adra | turtle | turtle |
| aena | morning | morning |
| afazh | hot | hot |
| afazhi | warm | warm |
| affa | whoa! (horse command) | whoa! |
| affa | 'shh', sound used to calm a horse or child | 'shh', sound used to calm a horse or child |
| affazolat | to replace | to replace (verb) |
