Dothrakian

English

Etymology

From Dothraki +‎ -an.

Adjective

Dothrakian (comparative more Dothrakian, superlative most Dothrakian)

1. (rare, fiction) Relating to or characteristic of the Dothraki, a nomadic people in the world of A Song of Ice and Fire.
   • 2016, Rikke Schubart, “Woman With Dragons: Daenerys, Pride, and Postfeminist Possibilities”, in Anne Gjelsvik, Rikke Schubart, editors, Women of Ice and Fire: Gender, Game of Thrones, and Multiple Media Engagements, New York, N.Y.; London: Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN, “Dragons” section, page 122:

     Walking on foot from Drogon’s lair in the mountains, she [Daenerys] is surrounded by Dothrakian warriors, and her fate remains to be seen.

   • 2023, Ward Larsen, “A Pin-Pulled Grenade”, in Deep Fake, New York, N.Y.: Forge, →ISBN:

     Claire sipped a latte made by a barista with a nose ring and Dothrakian eyeliner.

   • 2024, Gibson Burrell, Ronald Hartz, David Harvie, Geoff Lightfoot, Simon Lilley, and friends, “Leading to Mediocrity; or, Knowing Your Place in Academia”, in Shaping for Mediocrity: The Cancellation of Critical Thinking at Our Universities, London: Zero Books, →ISBN, “Managerial blah and the ‘regime of truth’” section:

     Note here the use of weasel words (‘could be’ and ‘can be’) and the reference to some apparently known but unspecified generic subjects (‘some markets’, ‘many read’); the Dothrakian ‘it is known’, for aficionados of Game of Thrones.