Mel

Dothraki

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mel/

Rhymes: -el

Adjective

mel

1. bad, evil

Inflection

		Positive	Negative	Comparative	Contrastive	Superlative	Sublative
Singular	Nominative	mel	omel	amelan	omelan	amelanaz	amelanoz
	Accusative/‌Genitive/‌Allative/‌Ablative	mela	omela	amelana	omelana	amelanaza	amelanoza
Plural		meli	omeli	amelani	omelani	amelanazi	amelanozi

Meereenese Valyrian

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Meereenese Valyrian numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: Mel     Ordinal: Yel

Etymology 1

From High Valyrian mēre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mel/

Rhymes: -el

Numeral

mel

1. one (1)

   She ro tha kothash tujevá we uvresh shij, a orozliwash she al wa mel poj odhra ye.

   And while she cannot bring back your goats, she will see that you are paid triple for their value. (Literally "... paid as three to one...")

   -Missandei (Game of Thrones, Episode 406)

Translations

Sense: one (1) ^[‌edit‌]

• Afata: ing
• Astapori Valyrian: meri
• Chakobsa: bii
• Dothraki: at
• Gandal: ing
• G'Vunna: inngǝ
• Hen Linge: yn
• High Valyrian: mēre
• Irathient: zema
• Kinuk'aaz: nit
• Meereenese Valyrian: mel
• Ravkan: nik
• Sangheili: ju
• Shiväisith: heth
• Sondiv: vek
• Tpaalha: u
• Trigedasleng: won
• Veda: ing
• Væyne Zaanics: sep

Etymology 2

From High Valyrian mērī.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mel/

Rhymes: -el

Adverb

mel

1. first

   Mel prijashish a och nyeshk oreshish fuzdhál khroj shing we che.

   He would rather rip your city apart than see slaves lifted from the dirt. (Literally "He would rip your city apart first, before he sees...")

   -Keyr (Game of Thrones, Episode 504)

Etymology 3

From High Valyrian mēre + -os (“one”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mel/

Rhymes: -el

Noun

mel (celestial, plural merosh)

1. individual, person

   Tha yel ornyéj sha merosh, Osh Eghlish.

   They do not see us as people, Your Grace.

   -Keyr (Game of Thrones, Episode 501)

Translations

Sense: individual ^[‌edit‌]

• Astapori Valyrian: mero
• Azrán: uchíg
• Bodzvokhan: lǝg
• Castithan: famifyo
• Dothraki: voj (generic), vekhikh (technical)
• Irathient: zime (Irathient), himi (non-Irathient)
• High Valyrian: issaros
• Kinuk'aaz: tal (person or creature)
• Lishepus: insu (earthly), dhi'agu (celestial)
• Meereenese Valyrian: mel
• Munja'kin: chala
• Noalath: tef
• Övüsi: nuu (generic), övi (elf)
• Shiväisith: rouh
• Sondiv: ken
• Trigedasleng: raunon
• Veda: zukh
• Yulish: krüft (generic), el (elf), erin (human)