Alzhedo dictionary

A list of words in Alzhedo, the primary language spoken in Calimshan.

A

 * adh : belonging to
 * akkhani : load-bearing corner piece holding up a dome
 * al : article: the, of the
 * alimarif : (fem, alimarifa) learned stranger
 * amhir : naval commander
 * amlak : (pl, amlakkar) police officer
 * amlakkhan : police station
 * annuv : a symbol or a hand motion used to indicate that one's proper titles have been left unsaid
 * askar : archaic: soldier

B

 * bakkal : high priest
 * balak : military rank: colonel

C

 * caleph : king
 * cestys : spiked knuckles
 * chawal : military rank: lieutenant

D

 * dahyarif : (fem, dahyarifa) misplaced stranger
 * deen : archaic: coin
 * djawal : knight
 * drudach : city precinct
 * druzir : drudach leader
 * dyram : arm

E

 * el : article: the, of the
 * enaza : spear
 * enhir : archaic: tribune

G

 * ghadabaan : anger
 * gharab : foreigner

H

 * hakkam : archaic: governor
 * hamaad : war metal
 * harakh : slang: rebellious/criminal activities (after a famous slave named Harakhti)
 * hydar : lion

J

 * jambiya : dagger
 * jhasin : (pl, jhasinni) handsome; male concubine
 * jhasina : (pl, jhasinnar) beautiful; female concubine
 * jhasinnadah : harem
 * jikholnar : handaxe

K

 * katar : knife
 * Khalahmjiri : place of deadly teeth
 * khamarkha : family mausoleum
 * khamarnari : tomb of fire
 * khanduq : enclosed warehouse/marketplace
 * kholnar : axe

L

 * lumal : dung

M

 * mameluk : warrior-slave
 * markhout : tomb
 * massatyr : archaic: baron
 * monrativi teshy : first kingdom
 * mumijn : archaic military rank: lieutenant colonel
 * murabir : warlord
 * musadhyar : pl: hapless folk
 * musar : sergeant
 * muzha-dahyarif : idiom: shady, misplaced stranger, (i.e., a potential thief)
 * muzhajaarnadah : city of shadow

N

 * nadim : club
 * nadhari : pl., not-slaves
 * nallojal : navy
 * nar'ysr : phoenix
 * nataf : cord
 * nazir : archaic: prefect

P

 * pajabbar : pl: horns
 * palintrike : a hybrid breadfruit–grape
 * pasha : guildmaster, clan leader

Q

 * qayadin : military rank: general
 * qysar : archaic: emperor
 * qysaghanni : imperial guard
 * qysanallojal : imperial navy

R

 * rafayam : exalted sir
 * rafayar : exalted madam
 * ralbahr : admiral
 * rif : (fem, rifa) stranger
 * ruaìs : archaic: count
 * rysal : naval captain

S

 * sadhara : desert rose
 * sabban : city district
 * sabbalad : mayor, sabban leader
 * sabbaladah : sabbalad’s villa
 * sadidah : garrison
 * sadimmin : pl: powerful swords; the Calishite army
 * sadidrif : (fem, sadidrifa) powerful stranger
 * saref : archaic: centurion
 * satrap : archaic: provincial governor
 * sayedotta : cat-woman
 * scimitar : scimitar
 * shaani : idiom: a poor leader (a reference to an infamous queen in Calishite history)
 * shanate : duchy
 * sharakh : lowly thief
 * shyk : military rank: major
 * sikaena : knife
 * solbar : bright steel
 * sultan : prince, city mayor
 * syl : archaic: chief (still used as a prefix)

T

 * tabarif : (fem, tabarifa) honorable stranger
 * tamra-mujah : greedy intruder
 * trika : a potent, sweet wine made from palintrike

V

 * vizar : chancellor, advisor

W

 * wedna : ear

Y

 * yadhi : hand
 * yestaadi : huntress
 * yi : from
 * yn : son of
 * ynamalik : lesser prince
 * yr : daughter of
 * yrshelem : pl: coin-collectors
 * yshah : duke
 * yuzas : military rank: (non-naval) captain

Z

 * zel : shadow