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Dothrakian
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English
Etymology
From en Dothraki an.
Proper noun
en rare fiction non-standard en Dothraki language.
en 2015-11-12 Tiffany Chen 'Game of Thrones' David J. Peterson discusses the Invention of Language The Wellesley News https://thewellesleynews.com/4688/arts/game-of-thrones-david-j-peterson-discusses-the-invention-of-language/ Daenerys Targaryen’s nickname evolves from the Dothrakian word for woman, which is “yasi.” https://web.archive.org/web/20251008091416/https://thewellesleynews.com/4688/arts/game-of-thrones-david-j-peterson-discusses-the-invention-of-language/ 8 October 2025
en 2019-05-06 Edwin J. Viera Cornell grad students create language for Captain Marvel Ithaca News https://www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/cornell-grad-students-create-language-for-captain-marvel/article_995be156-6c26-11e9-b0ca-2373104dc118.html Both are great fans of fictional constructed languages like Dothrakian from “Game of Thrones” or Klingon from “Star Trek.” https://web.archive.org/web/20190507035650/https://www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/cornell-grad-students-create-language-for-captain-marvel/article_995be156-6c26-11e9-b0ca-2373104dc118.html 7 May 2019
en 2021 Eve Langlais Taming a Bear https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Taming_a_Bear/BSXtDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22dothrakian%22&pg=PT138&printsec=frontcover unnumbered He hoped they knew one of the three languages he'd learned. Russian, his mother tongue, English immersion to ensure him fully fluent, and Dothrakian because he liked the guttural sound of it.
Adjective
en rare fiction Relating to or characteristic of the World of A Song of Ice and Fire#Dothraki Sea Dothraki, a nomadic people in the World of A Song of Ice and Fire world of A Song of Ice and Fire.
en 2016 w:Rikke Schubart Woman With Dragons: Daenerys, Pride, and Postfeminist Possibilities Anne Gjelsvik; Rikke Schubart Women of Ice and Fire: Gender, Game of Thrones, and Multiple Media Engagements New York, N.Y.; London Bloomsbury Academic “Dragons” section 122 https://books.google.com/books?id=C8-OCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA122 9781501302916 Walking on foot from Drogon’s lair in the mountains, she Daenerys is surrounded by Dothrakian warriors, and her fate remains to be seen.
en 2023 w:Ward Larsen A Pin-Pulled Grenade https://books.google.com/books?id=p5BpEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT231 Deep Fake New York, N.Y. Forge 9781250798220 Claire sipped a latte made by a barista with a nose ring and Dothrakian eyeliner.
en 2024 w:Gibson Burrell; Ronald Hartz; David Harvie; Geoff Lightfoot; Simon Lilley; and friends Leading to Mediocrity; or, Knowing Your Place in Academia Shaping for Mediocrity: The Cancellation of Critical Thinking at Our Universities London Zero Books “Managerial blah and the ‘regime of truth’” section https://books.google.com/books?id=asYWEQAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PT46 9781803417974 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.
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en terms derived from Dothraki terms derived from fiction
en A Song of Ice and Fire Artificial languages