Afazhat

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Dothraki

Etymology

From Proto-Plains *apaʒatə (to be hot), equivalent to afazh +‎ -at.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /afaˈʒat̪/

Rhymes: -at

Verb

afazhat (attributive verb, infinitive)

  1. to be hot
  2. to give off heat
Inflection

Derived terms

Creation and Usage Notes

Often I'm asked how I come up with words. If it's a bare root and isn't derived, it goes about like this: With this word, I decided I wanted a root that had to do with heat in Dothraki. "What would be good?" I thought. "Afazh!" That was it. There was nothing more or less to it. It took about as much time to create as it took to read.