A list of words and phrases in Midani, the primary language spoken in Zakhara.
A[]
- aba
- a loose robe[1]
- afwan
- (AHF-wahn) you're welcome[2]
- ajami
- (ah-ja-me) non-native inhabitant of Zakhara[3]
- akh
- a brother[1]
- akeud
- a blood oath[1]
- akuua
- a promise[1]
- al
- definite article: the, of the; the house of, the tribe of[4]
- Al-Badia
- (al-bah-dee-ah) desert nomdads[3]
- Al-Hadhar
- (al-had-har) urban inhabitants[3]
- 'ali
- high[1]
- alim
- (ah-leem) an educated person[3]
- allag
- a temporary truce[5]
- amarat
- a curved horn[1]
- 'amiq
- deep[1]
- amir
- (variant, emir) a ruler[6]
- anf
- nose[7]
- anjar
- grapple-like anchor[6]
- ard
- land, territory[1]
- 'arif
- to know[1]
- assad
- (Uloushinn dialect, asad) a lion[8][1]
- asan
- a (temporary) shelter[1]
- 'atshan
- thirsty[1]
- 'ayn
- a spring of water[1]
- aywa
- (EYE-wah) yes[9]
- aziir
- a scimitar[1]
- aziirla
- a killing, a murder[1]
- 'azim
- great, powerful[1]
B[]
- ba'id
- far away[1]
- bahriyin
- seamen[6]
- baksheesh
- (bak-sheesh) a tip or bribe[3]
- baladi
- (bah-lah-DEE)large[10]
- balanj
- cabin in a ship[6]
- bananiyah
- sailors[6]
- bandar
- a port[6]
- barchan
- a sand dune shaped like a crescent[6]
- bardan
- cold[11]
- bawara
- heavy ship anchor[6]
- bazan
- (ba-zahn) fire or flames[3]
- berrani
- a stranger[1]
- burj
- (burge) a tower[3]
- buzuq
- (buh-ZOOQ) an instrument similar to a lute[10]
C[]
- casbah
- a stronghold or castle[6]
D[]
- daff
- (DAHF) a small tambourine[10]
- daftar
- sailing instructions, used in place of a chart[6]
- da'i
- (die) a missionary or minister, also used as a term for an assassin officer[3]
- dalil
- a guide[12]
- daqal
- a ship's mast[6]
- daraq
- a small shield[4]
- darbukkah
- (dar-BOOK-kah) a vase-shaped drum[10]
- daroga
- a police magistrate[12]
- dhabb
- a large desert lizard[6]
- dhow
- a ship of Zakharan origin[6]
- didban
- the lookout on a ship[6]
- dinar
- (dinar) coin equal to 1 gold piece[3]
- dirah
- territory of a desert tribe[6]
- dirham
- coin equal to 1 silver piece[4]
- diwan
- (di-wahn) the court of a ruler or council, a place of audience[3]
- diyya
- compensation paid to a family when one of their members are wrongfully slain[4][13]
- dusur
- caulking for a ship's hull
E[]
- effendi
- a master[12]
- Es salam alekum.
- (ess sah-LAMB ah-LEH-koom) Peace be upon you. (a general greeting)[9]
F[]
- faddi
- silver[14]
- fidai
- (pl, fedayeen) one who sacrificed him- or herself for a cause, a brave warrior[3]
G[]
- gared-guur
- Uloushinn dialect: "slayer from the skies"; manticore[citation needed]
- gassi
- rocky path between two sand dunes[6]
- gizam
- Uloushinn dialect: boots[15]
H[]
- hababa
- a hammock made from the skin of a sheep. The skin was stretched over four poles of wood and was meant for children[16]
- habl
- rope,[1][17] tether[1]
- hagar motab
- Uloushinn dialect: "bringer of stone-death"; a basilisk[18]
- hama
- spirit[3][19]
- hammam
- public bath[3]
- harab
- wild wastes[20]
- haram
- a holy site[6]
- harim
- female quarters[6]
- harrat
- field of volcanic debris[6]
- hatar
- (hah-TAR) danger[2]
- hazneh
- treasury[12]
- hidna
- a cessation of war[21]
- huriye
- a young man or woman of voluptuous beauty[3]
I[]
- imam
- a leader of a church, or holy man[3]
- ins
- one of the Enlightened races, a non-genie[3][12]
- ishtiyam
- the navigator of a ship[6]
J[]
- jabal
- a mountain or peak[3]
- jahlah
- (jah-LAH) a small clay pot filled with stones used as a rattle[10]
- jalla
- camel dung[6]
- jama
- pulley block[6]
- jambiya
- curved double-edged dagger[4]
- jari
- courageous[3]
- jawzah
- (jauh-ZAH) a spiked fiddle[10]
- jazirat
- island[6]
- jellaba
- heavy winter robe[6] or night cloak[1]
- jinn
- a term for any type of genie[12]
- jummah
- hold of a ship[6]
K[]
- kalb
- dog[22]
- kalian
- a smoking pipe[12]
- kamal
- simple tool for navigation[6]
- kashabat
- watch tower made from simple scaffolding[6]
- katar
- short punch dagger[6]
- kavir
- salt or mud flat[6]
- keffiyeh
- headcloth[6]
- khabb
- a gale or typhoon[6]
- khamsin
- destructive wind storm made of hot air[3]
- khann
- a compass point[6]
- khayt
- stitch in the hull of a ship[6]
- khon khors
- a dao title for blood-drinkers[12]
- khreima
- a tent[23]
- kizzil bash
- someone with red hair[12]
- koumiss
- fermented mare's milk[6]
- kwayis
- (KWAY-iss) good[2]
L[]
- la
- (LAH) no[9]
- lasiq
- beginner, one lacking experience (Assassins used this term for their lowest ranking members.)[3]
M[]
- ma
- (MAH) water[2]
- Maas salama.
- (mahs sah-LAMB-ah) Go with peace.[9]
- madina
- the market or center of a town[3]
- madra
- a school[24]
- manjus
- a scoundrel or swindler[3]
- maristan
- a hospital[24]
- mat
- to die[1]
- mehari
- a racing camel[3]
- mihrab
- a prayer niche within a mosque[12]
- mijayrah
- (mih-JAY-rah) a recorder[10]
- minbar
- a pulpit[12]
- min fadlak
- (min FAHD-lahk) please[9]
- mirwas
- (MEER-waz) a small double-sided drum used by the pearl fishermen of the Pearl Cities[10]
- mish
- (mish) not (Mish negates whatever adjective it precedes.)[2]
- mish kwayis
- (mish KWAY iss) bad[2]
- mizwid
- food pouch; also name of the Zakharan bagpipes[10]
- mitbiq
- (miht-BEEQ) a double clarinet[10]
- mizwid
- (mihz-WEED) a Zakharan bagpipe[10]
- mot
- death[1]
- mulahid
- agnostic or blasphemous, non-enlightened[3]
N[]
- na'al
- a horseshoe[25]
- nabat
- a plant[1][17]
- nabidh
- an intoxicating drink made from fermented dates[3]
- nafir
- (nah-FEER) a long trumpet[10]
- nargil
- a coconut[26]
- naqqarah
- (nah-KAR-rah) a side drum[10]
- nay
- (NAY) a flute[10]
- nidir
- a vow[3]
- niga
- a declaration of hostility[21]
- nisr
- an eagle[3]
O[]
- oyun
- eye[7]
P[]
- purdah
- (Uloushinn dialect) a "honeymoon", a period of time following a Bedine wedding during which a bride was forbidden to leave her husband's tent[23]
Q[]
- qadi
- a judge[3]
- qahwa
- (Uloushinn dialect, qaw) coffee[27]
- qal'at
- fortress; a fortified keep, manor, or palace.[26]
- qanun
- (qah-NOON) an instrument similar to a zither[10]
- qara'a
- a barren field of weeds suitable for grazing[5]
- qaraqib
- (kah-rah-KEEB)small metal clackers[10]
- qas'ah
- (KAH-sah)kettle drums[10]
- qatil
- (pl, quttal) an assassin[3]
- Qaynat
- the harim of the fourth Grand Caliph[10]
- qinbar
- coir, coconut fiber. Cordage for making ropes.[26]
R[]
- rababah
- (rah-BAH-bah) a popular stringed instrument[10]
- rakiq
- a beverage made from sheep's milk and garlic known for its tang[28]
- raqsa
- a dancer[29]
- reikh'irud
- Uloushinn dialect: tarantula[30]
- rafiq
- any form of comrade[3]
- rih
- wind[1]
- rihba'id
- tent fly (literally, "wind-away")[17]
- riqq
- (REEK) a tambourine[10]
- ruqad
- sleep[11]
S[]
- saheeda
- (sah-EE-da) greetings, hello, goodbye[9]
- sajat
- (sah-JAHT)finger tambourines[10]
- saji
- to be brave[3]
- saka
- water-bearer[31]
- samm
- (SAHM) poison[2]
- santur
- (SAHN-toor) a hammer dulcimer[10]
- sarahin
- a den of wolves[3]
- selama
- a harem of attractive men[32]
- shef
- a sword (other than a scimitar)[1][17]
- shukran
- (SHOOK-rahn) thank you[2]
- shurr
- loose sand[1]
- sufinah
- ship[26]
- sukhteh
- burnt[12]
- suq
- marketplace[3]
T[]
- tabaddur
- foresight[33]
- tabl
- (TAB-leh) a small double-sided drum[10]
- tahrik min qad
- (tah-REEK min kahd) Zakharan legend telling of a holy warrior's redemption after their downfall[4]
- takht
- platform or group of rawunin[20]
- taqiyya
- a doctrine of caution, used by believers to justify concealment of their beliefs that other object to[3]
- tarab
- enchantment[20]
- tarkib al-azam
- skeleton[34]
- tatalla
- eye[35]
- tawa'if
- a guild for musicians[10]
- tharra
- pistachio nut[36]
- thurgur
- military zone of the efreet[12]
- tir
- a bird[29]
U[]
W[]
- Wa alekum es salam
- (wah ah-LEH-koom ess sah-LAMB) Peace be upon you also. (response to the greeting Es salam alekum.)[9]
- wadi
- seasonal or dry riverbed[3]
Y[]
- yadd
- hand[38]
- ybbah!
- Oh, papa! (an expression of surprise)[2]
- ymmah!
- Oh, mama! (an expression of surprise)[2]
Z[]
- zardkhanah
- an arsenal or storage of weapons[3]
Appendix[]
Background[]
Midani words and expressions were mostly derived from a simplified transliteration of Arabic.[39]
See Also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 Inside cover included in Ed Greenwood (November 1991). Anauroch. Edited by Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc.). ISBN 1-56076-126-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Jeff Grubb (August 1992). Land of Fate (Adventurer's Guide to Zakhara). (TSR, Inc), p. 125. ISBN 978-1560763291.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 3.35 Wolfgang Baur (1993). Al-Qadim: Assassin Mountain: Holy Slayer Sourcebook. (TSR, Inc), p. 32. ISBN 1-56076-764-X.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Jeff Grubb and Andria Hayday (April 1992). Arabian Adventures. (TSR, Inc), p. 156. ISBN 978-1560763581.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rick Swan (1994). Al-Qadim: Caravans: Campaign Guide. (TSR, Inc), p. 14. ISBN 1-56076-903-3.
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 6.26 6.27 6.28 6.29 6.30 6.31 6.32 6.33 David Cook (October 1992). “Home Port: Wherein the Tale Begins”. In Bill Slavicsek ed. Golden Voyages (TSR, Inc.), p. 30. ISBN 978-1560763314.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Nicky Rea (1994). Corsairs of the Great Sea (Campaign Guide). (TSR, Inc), p. 5. ISBN 978-1560768678.
- ↑ Tim Beach, Tom Prusa and Steve Kurtz (1993). “Gem of Zakhara”. City of Delights (TSR, Inc), p. 77. ISBN 1-56076-589-5.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 Jeff Grubb (August 1992). Land of Fate (Adventurer's Guide to Zakhara). (TSR, Inc), p. 124. ISBN 978-1560763291.
- ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.14 10.15 10.16 10.17 10.18 10.19 10.20 10.21 10.22 10.23 10.24 Jeff Grubb (February 1993). “Sounds of Wonder & Delight”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Dragon #190 (TSR, Inc.), pp. 84–88.
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- ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 12.12 Wolfgang Baur (November 1993). Secrets of the Lamp. Genie Lore. (TSR, Inc.), p. 64. ISBN 978-1560766476.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb (August 1992). Land of Fate (Fortunes and Fates). (TSR, Inc), p. 19r. ISBN 978-1560763291.
- ↑ Nicky Rea (1994). Corsairs of the Great Sea (Campaign Guide). (TSR, Inc), p. 25. ISBN 978-1560768678.
- ↑ James Butler, Elizabeth T. Danforth, Jean Rabe (September 1994). “Anauroch”. In Karen S. Boomgarden ed. Elminster's Ecologies (TSR, Inc), p. 6. ISBN 1-5607-6917-3.
- ↑ Rick Swan (1994). Al-Qadim: Caravans: Adventure Book. (TSR, Inc), p. 9. ISBN 1-56076-903-3.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Ed Greenwood (November 1991). Anauroch. Edited by Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc.), p. 14. ISBN 1-56076-126-1.
- ↑ James Butler, Elizabeth T. Danforth, Jean Rabe (September 1994). “Anauroch”. In Karen S. Boomgarden ed. Elminster's Ecologies (TSR, Inc), p. 7. ISBN 1-5607-6917-3.
- ↑ Wolfgang Baur (November 1993). Secrets of the Lamp. Genie Lore. (TSR, Inc.), p. 43. ISBN 978-1560766476.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Jeff Grubb (February 1993). “Sounds of Wonder & Delight”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Dragon #190 (TSR, Inc.), pp. 84–88.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Rick Swan (1994). Al-Qadim: Caravans: Campaign Guide. (TSR, Inc), p. 15. ISBN 1-56076-903-3.
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- ↑ Rick Swan (1994). Al-Qadim: Caravans: Adventure Book. (TSR, Inc), p. 12. ISBN 1-56076-903-3.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 David Cook (October 1992). “Home Port: Wherein the Tale Begins”. In Bill Slavicsek ed. Golden Voyages (TSR, Inc.), p. 31. ISBN 978-1560763314.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (October 2012). Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster's Forgotten Realms. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 93. ISBN 0786960345.
- ↑ Rick Swan (1994). Al-Qadim: Caravans: Campaign Guide. (TSR, Inc), p. 13. ISBN 1-56076-903-3.
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Nicky Rea (1994). Corsairs of the Great Sea (Map). (TSR, Inc). ISBN 978-1560768678.}}
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- ↑ Tim Beach, Tom Prusa and Steve Kurtz (1993). “Golden Huzuz”. City of Delights (TSR, Inc), p. 63. ISBN 1-56076-589-5.
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