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Dothraki

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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name

Meaning 1

A constructed language created for, and spoken in, the Game of Thrones television adaptation in 2011.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Dothrakian

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

A fictional person who speaks the language in A Song of Ice and Fire and its adaptation Game of Thrones.

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History

Etymology

Coined by American writer and television producer George R. R. Martin. Its fictional derivation is borrowed from Dothraki Dothraki (literally “[we] ride”).

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: дотраки (dotraki) — Translations
  • Esperanto: la dotraka — Translations
  • French: dothraki — Translations
  • Marathi: डोथराकी (ḍothrākī) — Translations
  • Russian: дотраки́йский (dotrakíjskij) — Translations
  • Russian: дотраки́йский язы́к (dotrakíjskij jazýk) — Translations