Dwarvish dictionary

A list of words and phrases from the Dwarvish language.

A

 * ae: "gold"
 * aelin: "gold-work"
 * agland: "sword"
 * aetharn: "gold lust"
 * alagh: "battle-glory, valor"
 * arantym: an edible fungus known to humans as ripplebark.
 * arau: "great, huge, gigantic"
 * arauglor: "ocean, sea"
 * Araurilcaurak: "Great pillar cavern"
 * Arausamman: "Great Friend", a term of respect.
 * arglar: "to butcher"

B

 * barak: "backbone, strength, shield"
 * barakor : "those who shield"
 * bedorn: "disbelief, lies, mistakes, exaggeration, distortion."
 * beldarak: "treachery"
 * burakrin: "way through, passage"

C

 * calass: "thief, miscreant, untrustworthy person"
 * calassabrak: "the flawed who aren't to be trusted" Calassabrak were also duergar who were dishonored and shunned.
 * caradhak (ka-RAD-ack): illithid or mind flayer
 * caradhaker (ka-RAD-ack-er): "mindstalker"&mdash;an individual or a group of dwarves dedicated to hunting illithids.
 * caurak: "cavern"
 * corl: "to kill"
 * corlar: "killer"

D

 * daern: "familiar"
 * dauble: "treasure, valuable"
 * deladar: "to descend, to go down"
 * deladaraugh: "to die in battle"
 * delvar: "to dig"
 * donnar: "metal ore"
 * dunglor: "underground lake"
 * dunglorrin: "overlake"
 * dunlur: "underground river"

E

 * endar: "cave" (on the surface, one not linked to extensive underways)
 * erach: "scabbard"

F

 * faern: "home"
 * findar: "good luck, good fortune, favorable chances"
 * forak: "empty"

G

 * ghohlbrorn: the dwarven name for the bulette
 * glor: "lake"
 * glander: "gems", including natural uncut stones
 * gordul: "gods forfend!" or "gods, look at this!" (an oath of amazement or despair)
 * groht: "stone"

H

 * halaur: "gift"
 * hurnden: "payment"

I

 * ilith: "deal, agreement, trust in one's word or honor"

J

 * jargh: "idiot", "joker", also a term used for halflings

K

 * kuld: "axe"
 * kuldjargh: "axe idiot"

L

 * lhar: "gap, (mountain) pass"
 * lhargh: "loose stone, bad to work or unsafe"
 * llur: "large (wide) river"
 * lur: "river" or "stream"
 * lurgh: "marsh", "fen"
 * lurmurk: "bog", "muskeg" (concealed waters)"

M

 * morndin: "peak", "height" (especially of mountains, but also used to speak of high ledges, ranks of individuals, or particularly tall creatures)
 * mrin: "to climb", hence mrinding means "climbing"
 * mur: "to disagree", hence murmel means "to argue", "to debate"
 * murmelings: "arguments", "criticism", "words of dissension"
 * mycos: "fungus"

N

 * naek: "killers"
 * norogh: "evil creatures", "enemies" or "foes", usually unknown
 * noror: "enemies: (known)
 * noroth: "enemy lair, area"

O

 * ol: "magic, magical power or items"
 * olara: "natural magic, not used or influenced beings"
 * olor: "world, all lands, the entire territory of Toril seen by, and known to, dwarves"
 * olaramorndin : "magical peaks"

P

 * parlyn: "clothing, especially usual or expected (proper or fitting) adornment"

R

 * raugh : "death", "an ending", "it's over" (especially feuds and love affairs)
 * rorn : "destruction", "devastation", "war"
 * rorntyn : "battlefield"
 * rrin : "over", "above"
 * rune : "familiar", "known"
 * runedar : "familiar place, haven, home"
 * Rrinnoroth : "place over enemy land"

S

 * Sabrak : "broken", "cracked", "flawed"
 * saman : "trusted friend", "shield brother", "battle companion"
 * samryn : "trustworthy", "honest", "honorable", or "bearable"
 * sargh : "disgusting thing or ocurrance", orcs or Orc-work
 * Sarghathuld: "orc bane", as in the sword Sarghathuld.
 * sonn : "good stone"
 * splendarr : "bright", "shining", "hopeful", "beautiful"
 * Splendarrllur: "Shining River"

T

 * taerin : "love" (true love, deep love)
 * tarjteir : "place of happy gathering" in the Deep Realm dialect
 * thalorn : "kindness", "caring", "good deed"
 * thaolet : an oil used as a preservative and rust remover
 * tharn : "love", "lust"
 * thord : "bone"
 * thorden : "bones"
 * thork : "death", "excrement", "decay", "carrion"
 * thuldor : "those who endure"
 * thulduk : "fate", "doom", "ill luck", or (spoken in irony) everyday cheery tidings or good fortune
 * tindul : "clumsiness", "clumsy work" (especially smithcraft)
 * tor : "hill", "knoll" (especially if bare rock in places, and smaller then a mountain or crag)
 * torst : "adventure", "fun", "welcomed danger"
 * torune: "hold"
 * Turlaghh : "Field of Broken Dreams"
 * tyn : "field", "open place" (above ground)

U

 * ultok : "meeting place"
 * ultokrinlur : "ford" (translates as "meeting place over river")
 * undivver : "hope, future plan, strategy"
 * urdunnir : "orecutter"

V

 * vallahir : "mountain meadow" (high valley, especially a 'hanging valley' or alpine plateau)
 * veltel : "romance", "courtship", social games and manners
 * vivrik: "hunted"
 * Vos: "Wild" or "unruly" usually used to describe a Dwarven beer fest.
 * volamtar : "blazers of fresh trails"
 * vruden : "wood" (material)
 * vrudenla : "wooden" or "of wood"
 * vudd : "wood", "forest"
 * vuddar: "of the jungle"
 * vudlur: "woods stream"

W

 * wurgym : "ugliness", "ugly thing/being"
 * wurdlur : "current", "racing water" (dangerous)
 * wurn : "water" (especially useful or drinking water)

X

 * xoth : "knowledge" (especially dwarf-lore and secret or special knowledge)
 * xunder : "secrets", "dark deeds", or "treasure-talk"

Y

 * yaugh : "a climb"
 * yaughadar : "stairs", "steps"
 * yauthlin : "rope"
 * yauthmair : "handholds" or "no clear way"
 * yauthtil : "elevator" (non-magical; a magical elevator is olyauthil)

Z

 * zander : adventurer", "rogue", "foolish youth", "happy-go-lucky", or "reckless being"