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

Dothraki 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)