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  • proper noun An artificial language created for, and spoken in, the Game of Thrones television adaptation in 2011.

Etymologies

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From the A Song of Ice and Fire book series by George R. R. Martin.

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Examples

  • The longest word in Dothraki is “athastokhdeveshizaroon,” which means “from nonsense.”

    Klaatu Barada Nicto... grrm 2010

  • I had what we called Dothraki jeggings, like leather legging-type things that you'd wear underneath everything so you could ride easily.

    Game of Thrones' Emilia Clarke on Daenerys, Drogo and Dothraki Jeggings 2011

  • I had what we called Dothraki jeggings, like leather legging-type things that you'd wear underneath everything so you could ride easily.

    Game of Thrones' Emilia Clarke on Daenerys, Drogo and Dothraki Jeggings 2011

  • Dothraki for “to dream” – “thirat atthiraride” – literally means “to live a wooden life”; in Dothraki, “wooden” (“ido”) is synonymous with “fake.”

    Klaatu Barada Nicto... grrm 2010

  • Thinking about it, it would seem that Dothraki is the most urgent need because it's a foreign language to the viewpoint character who encounters it, whereas the Common Tongue isn't, so it would be awkward not to have it be represented by English.

    Klaatu Barada Nicto... grrm 2010

  • I'd like to see her sculpted in Dothraki-style clothing (the vest and leggings), since we haven't seen anyone turn their hand to that yet.

    Vote Early and Often grrm 2010

  • Although many characters are human, in the shadows are supernatural forces and a scary race called the Dothraki, whose men look like centaurs who have lost their extra legs.

    Servants, Swords and Sad Sex Nancy deWolf Smith 2011

  • Monica Almeida/The New York Times David J. Peterson created a language for the HBO fantasy series "Game of Thrones," called Dothraki.

    NYT > Global Home By AMY CHOZICK 2011

  • 4. Best Crowning Moment, Part I: We knew that the Dothraki were a hearty people, but we didn't realize that they must also have lead stomach linings.

    Top Moments: A House Wreck, Oprah Signs Off, Glee's Big Apple Kiss 2011

  • "Dothraki" language is being created for the HBO series.

    April 2010 2010

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