Chiori

Dothraki

Etymology

From Proto-Plains tʃiori (“girl”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtʃioɾi/

Noun

chiori (nominative, 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	chiorii
Accusative	chiories	chioriis
Genitive	chiorii
Allative	chioriaan	chioriea
Ablative	chiorioon	chiorioa

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.