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Coined by [[George R. R. Martin]] in the book ''[[A Game of Thrones]]''.=====Source Spelling===== | Coined by [[George R. R. Martin]] in the book ''[[A Game of Thrones]]''. | ||
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''khal'' | ''khal'' | ||
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{{IPA|/ | {{IPA|/xal/|lang=doth}} | ||
: {{rhymes|doth|al}} | |||
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{{head|doth|noun| | {{head|doth|noun|animate||nominative plural|khali}} | ||
# leader of a [[khalasar]] (a band of [[Dothraki]]), roughly equivalent to English words like chief, king, leader, ruler | # leader of a [[khalasar]] (a band of [[Dothraki]]), roughly equivalent to English words like chief, king, leader, ruler | ||
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-''[[User:Djp|David J. Peterson]]'' 15:26, 1 April 2020 (PDT)}} | -''[[User:Djp|David J. Peterson]]'' 15:26, 1 April 2020 (PDT)}} | ||
{{C|doth|Government | {{C|doth|Government|Male people|Stock characters}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:04, 13 October 2024
Dothraki
Etymology
From Proto-Plains *xal.
Source
Coined by George R. R. Martin in the book A Game of Thrones.
Source Spelling
khal
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -al
Noun
khal (animate, nominative plural khali)
- leader of a khalasar (a band of Dothraki), roughly equivalent to English words like chief, king, leader, ruler
Inflection
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | khal | khali |
| Accusative | khales | khalis |
| Genitive | khali | |
| Allative | khalaan | khalea |
| Ablative | khaloon | khaloa |
Derived Terms
Creation and Usage Notes
| George R. R. Martin was clearly inspired by the words "khan" and "khagan", both words used for "ruler" in the Silk Road era in Mongolia. Khal is a nice example of a word for which an adequate definition (or adequate one-word definition) simply doesn't exist—the reason being that no precise notional equivalent exists in our universe. It's also a little silly to define the khal as the leader of a khalasar, but what else can one do?
As a note, it looks like I may have made a mistake in the dialogue for 109 above. It should be Khal fini laz vo dothrao, vos khal. I believe what he actually says is Khal fini laz vos dothrao, vos khal. I don't know what I was thinking. It may have been for parallelism. It may have been nothing more than a mistake. At this stage I simply don't remember. Either way, it's vo before consonants and vos before vowels, though for emphasis... Oh wait. For emphasis, it's vos before consonants, isn't it? My bad. Okay, I'll change it above. (But of course this is the first time this page will ever be published, so the vo version will never be seen!) -David J. Peterson 15:26, 1 April 2020 (PDT) |
High Valyrian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
khal (sixth declension lunar, nominative plural khali, vocative plural khalissis)
- Alternative form of khali
Inflection
| Singular | Plural | Paucal | Collective | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | khal | khali | khalin | khalir |
| Accusative | khali | khalī | khalini | khaliri |
| Genitive | khalo | khaloti | khalino | khaliro |
| Dative | khalot | khalinti | khalirti | |
| Locative | khalī | khalinni | khalirri | |
| Instrumental | khalisi | khalissi | khalissi | khalirzi |
| Comitative | khalimi | khalimmi | khalimmi | khalirmi |
| Vocative | khalis | khalissis | khalissi | khalirzi |
Related Terms
- Dothraki terms inherited from Proto-Plains
- Dothraki terms derived from Proto-Plains
- Dothraki terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dothraki/al
- Dothraki lemmas
- Dothraki nouns
- Dothraki animate nouns
- Dothraki terms with creation and usage notes
- Doth:Government
- Doth:Male people
- Doth:Stock characters
- High Valyrian terms borrowed from Dothraki
- High Valyrian terms derived from Dothraki
- High Valyrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- High Valyrian lemmas
- High Valyrian nouns
- High Valyrian lunar nouns
- High Valyrian nouns of sixth declension
- High Valyrian 1-syllable words
- Dothraki words created by George R. R. Martin