Etymology

Dothraki

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Today it means: A fictional person who speaks the language in A Song of Ice and Fire and its adaptation Game of Thrones. Full definition →

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  1. art-dtk · borrowed fromDothraki
  2. English todayDothraki

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

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