Dothraki

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

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.

Translations

Translations

• Esperanto: la dotraka
• French: dothraki (fr) m
• Marathi: डोथराकी (ḍothrākī)
• Russian: дотраки́йский (dotrakíjskij), дотраки́йский язы́к m (dotrakíjskij jazýk), ^{(please verify)} дотраки́н m (dotrakín)

See also

• World of A Song of Ice and Fire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dothraki language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Dothraki language
• Appendix:Dothraki

Further reading

• Dothraki: A Language of Fire and Blood