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- art-dtk · borrowed fromkhaleesi“queen”
- English todayKhaleesi
Borrowed from Dothraki khaleesi (“queen”), feminine of khal (“king”). Coined by American writer and television producer George R. R. Martin for the title of the character Daenerys Targaryen in his book A Song of Ice and Fire (1996) novels. Popularised by the later television adaptation Game of Thrones (2011).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.