Turmish was the language of the Turami people and the official tongue of Turmish.[1][2][3]
Speakers[]
Besides in the nation of Turmish, Turmic was spoken by folk living in Chessenta, Cormyr, Impiltur, Sembia, Thesk, the Vast, the Vilhon Reach, the Western Heartlands, and along the Dragon Coast.[4][5]
Script[]
Turmic employed the Thorass alphabet,[2][3] which the Turami learned from trade with the Chondathans and Calishites.[3]
History[]
Turmic was a lone branch of the Thorass language family.[6]
Examples[]
Names[]
Common Turmic names for women included Balama, Dona, Faila, Jalana, Luisa, Marta, Quara, Selise, and Vonda. Turmic names for males included Anton, Diero, Marcon, Pieron, Rimardo, Romero, Salazar, and Umbero. Common Turmic surnames were Agosto, Astorio, Calabra, Domine, Falone, Marivaldi, Pisacar, and Ramondo.[7]
Dictionary[]
- A
- 'and'[8]
- Amarast
- (pronounced: /ɑːmɑːˈrɑːst/ ah-mah-RAST[9]) 'fare well until next we meet',[9] a respectful goodbye used by people of Turmish[10] and sailors of the South,[9] later, a Common Tongue loanword.[11]
- Coluk
- to absorb[12]
- Filidar
- a dainty food item, picnic, or feast; for example, "a fine filidar it was, too". Derived from the name of Prince Filidar.[13]
- Jhalanrojir
- 'mark of the rogue', given to the Pirateshield and corrupted as "Jolly Roger", the skull-and-crossbones symbol of pirates[14]
- Lammer
- 'too much'[8]
- Mer
- 'much'[8]
- Mer a lammer
- 'much and too much', an idiom for excess[8]
Appendix[]
References[]
- ↑ Thomas M. Costa (1999). “Speaking in Tongues”. In Dave Gross ed. Dragon Annual #4 (TSR, Inc) (4)., p. 26.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 85. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Reynolds, Forbeck, Jacobs, Boyd (March 2003). Races of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 109. ISBN 0-7869-2875-1.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 30–32. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
- ↑ Richard Baker, James Wyatt (March 2004). Player's Guide to Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 11–16. ISBN 0-7869-3134-5.
- ↑ Thomas M. Costa (1999). “Speaking in Tongues”. In Dave Gross ed. Dragon Annual #4 (TSR, Inc) (4)., p. 28.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 12. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Jeff Grubb, Kate Novak (October 1988). Azure Bonds. (TSR, Inc.), p. 145. ISBN 0-88038-612-6.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb (August 1987). “Cyclopedia of the Realms”. In Karen S. Martin ed. Forgotten Realms Campaign Set (TSR, Inc.), p. 9. ISBN 0-88038-472-7.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb, Kate Novak (October 1988). Azure Bonds. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 8, p. 89. ISBN 0-88038-612-6.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (2022-11-12). Amarast (Tweet). theedverse. Twitter. Archived from the original on 2022-11-13. Retrieved on 2022-11-12.
- ↑ Paul S. Kemp (June 2004). Dawn of Night. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 274. ISBN ISBN 0-7869-3225-2.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (May 1992). “The Everwinking Eye: Beshaba, Tymora, and Xvim”. In Jean Rabe ed. Polyhedron #71 (TSR, Inc.), p. 21.
- ↑ Steven E. Schend (1999). Sea of Fallen Stars. (TSR, Inc), pp. 141, 141. ISBN 0-7869-1393-2.