Dāria

High Valyrian

Etymology

From an invisible proto-language.
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Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdaːria/

Noun

dāria (first declension lunar, plural dārī)

1. queen

   Mīrīno Dāria.

   Queen of Meereen.

Related Terms

• dārilaros
• dārion
• dārys

 

Descendants

• Astapori Valyrian: dare
• Meereenese Valyrian: thal

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, 23 January 2020 (PST)