Dāria

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High Valyrian

Etymology

From an invisible proto-language
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Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdaːria/

Noun

dāria (first declension lunar, nominative plural dārī)

  1. queen
    Mīrīno Dāria.
    Queen of Meereen.
Inflection
Singular Plural Paucal Collective
Nominative dāria dārī dārȳn dāriar
Accusative dārie dārī dārȳni dāriari
Genitive dārio dārȳti dārȳno dāriaro
Dative dāriot dārȳnta dāriarta
Locative dāriā dārȳnna dāriarra
Instrumental dārȳsa dārȳssi dārȳssa dāriarza
Comitative dārȳma dārȳmmi dārȳmma dāriarma
Vocative dārȳs dārīs dārȳssa dāriarza
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Creation and Usage Notes

Despite my love of the show Daria, the similarity was entirely unintentional. I was always slightly troubled by having separate words for "king" and "queen"—and with a Romance-looking -a ending on "queen" to boot—but not "prince" and "princess". Thus far no one's skewered me for it, but it may be that the Valyrians were not supposed to have separate words for a male and female monarch.

-David J. Peterson 15:48, 9 December 2019 (PST)