Maan

Dothraki

Etymology

From Proto-Plains *mejaɣan (“to him/her/it”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maˈan/

Pronoun

maan (allative third person singular, plural morea)

1. to him/her/it; third person singular personal pronoun, allative case

Inflection

ExpandDothraki Personal Pronouns First Person Second Person Third Person Singular Plural Singular Plural Formal Singular Plural Nominative anha kisha yer yeri shafka me mori Accusative anna yera mae mora Genitive anni kishi yeri shafki mori Allative anhaan kishaan yeraan yerea shafkea maan morea Ablative anhoon kishoon yeroon yeroa shafkoa moon moroa

Creation and Usage Notes

When I was initially drafting the pronouns, this one surfaced as mawan, rather than maan. The vowels being rounded, though, moon was as it is now. Ultimately I analogized mawan to maan on purpose, because I reasoned if Dothraki was going to have legions of devoted learners à la Klingon, I should give them a break and not have it be too difficult. Of course, the language would not actually attract that level of interest—or anything even close to it—so I now regret it. I sometimes still write mawan and then have to fix it. What might have been... -David J. Peterson 15:40, 10 December 2019 (PST)