Chiori

Dothraki

Etymology

From Proto-Plains *tʃiori (“girl”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtʃioɾi/

Noun

chiori (nominative singular, animate)

1. woman

   Hash anha azisirek, hash anha acharak mechiorikemis anni asti ki, “Zirisses nhare moon”, majin anha anesak sekosshi mejin chiori zheanae.

   Even if I was blind, I’d hear my wives say, “Cut off her head,” and I’d know this woman is beautiful.

   -Khal Moro (Game of Thrones, Episode 601)

Inflection

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	chiori	chiorisi
Accusative	chiories
Genitive	chiorisi
Allative	chiorisaan	chiorisea
Ablative	chiorisoon	chiorisoa

Creation and Usage Notes

The word chiori replaced the older Proto-Plains word for "woman", which became modern yesi. This is an example of feminine pejoration (present in every human language that we know of), whereby ordinary words for women acquire negative connotations (in this case, the old word simply meaning "woman" coming to mean "old woman" or "crone"). A bit of sad realism.