Dothraki

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Etymology

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Coined by American writer and television producer George R. R. Martin. Its fictional derivation is borrowed from Dothraki Dothraki (literally [we] ride).

Proper noun

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Dothraki

  1. A constructed language created for, and spoken in, the Game of Thrones television adaptation in 2011.
    • 2010 September-October, Jim Henry, “Dothraki and Esperanto: an interview with language creator David J. Peterson”, in Usona Esperantisto[1], →ISSN, page 9:
      For example, in Dothraki something done in secret is done torga essheyi—literally, “under a roof”.
    • 2011 October 15, Stephen D. Rogers, A Dictionary of Made-Up Languages: From Adûnaic to Elvish, Zaum to Klingon— the Anwa (Real) Origins of Invented Lexicons, Avon: Adams Media, →ISBN, →OL, page 54:
      Dothraki has four vowels.
    • 2012 October 4, “Andy's Ancestry” (2:51), in The Office (US), season 9, episode 3, spoken by Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson):
      You want to learn a really impressive second language? Try Dothraki. Win over any man in my guild.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Dothraki.

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