Goblin Glossary

The following glossary is reproduced with permission from Exploring Eberron.

* **chaat'oor** - “Defiler,” pejorative term for species not native to Khorvaire, especially humans. Compare to gath'dar.
* **cho** - “Yes,” “okay,” acknowledgment of a statement, implied agreement.
* **gath'dar** - “Not dar,” a general term for any humanoid that’s not dar. Compare to chaat'oor.
* **ke chidar esaa roo, mo'esaa te** - "As your people greet friends, I welcome you."
* **khaartuuv kurar'dar mi shi morii'dar** - "To avenge the dead, remain among the living.", a Dhakaani proverb.
* **khaar ul khaar** - “Blood for blood.” a phrase similar to "an eye for an eye."
* **je'shaarat mi pa kotanaa** - "A sharp sword hurts less when you fall on it.", a goblin expression
* **khaavolaar!** - “Blood of the word!” A curse of frustration or amazement.
* **maabet!** - An ancient curse whose meaning has never been translated into Common.
* **marhu orr!** - “Emperor's ears!” An exclamation of surprise.
* **mazo** - “Absolutely,” “yes,” emphatic agreement; used when discussing plans or acknowledging orders.
* **saa** - “Hello,” casual greeting.
* **saa'atcha** - “It’s an honor to meet you,” formal greeting.
* **ta muut** - “You have honor,” “you do your duty.” The most common form of thanks in Dhakaani culture, it acknowledges that a deed has been performed correctly without any connotation of debt on the part of the speaker. Contrast with *Ya panozhii kita atcha*.
* **taat** - A derogatory, insulting term for someone of lesser status than the speaker.
* **tapaat te nuusha ka koor te hara** - "Bind your wounds or bleed out your victory."
* **te laloo kaanii** - "He heals quickly," or "Heal him quickly."
* **tsash ghaal'dar** - "Strength to your arms," a greeting
* **volaar kapaa'taat kesha do haan** - "The word of traitors is written on air.", a goblin expression.
* **ya panozhii kita atcha** - “I owe a debt to your honor,” an expression of profound indebtedness; this has deep meaning and is never said lightly. Compare with ta muut.

### Food

* **azhra dam?** - "What will you have?", used when taking an order at a tavern
* **braak** - dark green vegetable dish
* **gan** - “Eat.”
* **gantii** - “Hungry.”
* **goolaa** - "Honey." The word is derived from *goolr*, the color of gold.
* **iinanen** - "Thirsty."
* **korluat** - A highly alcoholic beverage; literally, “hero's blood.” Also spelled korluaat**.**
* **miin eshoora** - Excusing oneself from a meal
* **noon** - A starchy grain, often pressed into compact balls. Noon was a staple of the traditional Dhakaani diet, though the clans turned to suur during their long isolation.
* **shaat'aar** - A small sweet bun filled with honey cream, much loved by golin'dar.
* **suur** - A fungus, staple of the Dhakaani diet while the clans were deep underground, usually eaten in the form of starchy balls.

### Military Ranks

* **marhu** - “Emperor,” supreme leader; a position first held by the duur'kala Jhazaal Dhakaan.
* **lhesh** - “High warlord,” general. In Dhakaani culture, a lhesh is a term for someone with the rank of general, given command of a significant portion of the empire's armies for a set time. In the modern day, Lhesh Haruuc Shaarat'kor has adopted the term as the title of the ruler of Darguun.
* **marguul** - "Warrior king"
* **lhevket** - “Elder warlord,” colonel.
* **lhikor** - "Warblade", colonel.
* **lhevk'rhu** - “Skilled warlord,” captain.
* **lhevk** - “Warlord,” lieutenant.
* **lhevk'mor** - "Adjunct Warlord", temporary rank assigned to warriors acting under a warlord's authority.
* **lhurusk** - “War leader,” sergeant.
* **avrahk sehn** - "Fog Riders", elite mounted cavalry
* **olhirot** - “Spear-bearer,” or "Spear Catcher." Rank equivalent of private.
* **thradaask** - “Shock trooper,” private; most often guul'dar.
* **ulvregt bathach** - "Great hunter", elite Ghaal'dar mercenary unit
* **rhu** - Prefix or suffix indicating higher status, experience, or prestige than others of that rank.

### Numbers

* **ur** - “First.”
* **ga** - “One,” primary.
* **ka** - “Two,” a pair.
* **kaga** - “Three,” two and one.
* **aath** - “Four.” See also aath in General.
* **kaas** - “Five.” See also kaas in Parts of Speech and General.
* **kron** - “Six.”
* **hirot** - “Seven.”
* **kaath** - “Eight.”
* **gath'mokaas** - “Nine.”
* **mokaas** - “Ten.”

### Parts of Speech

* **-aa** - Suffix commonly used to signify that a word is refering from something different than the term it is derived from.
* **te** - “He/him,” masculine pronoun.
* **nu** - “She/her,” feminine pronoun.
* **mu** - “They/them,” neutral pronoun.
* **ya** - “I/me,” first person singular.
* **chiit**- "I am", first person singular descriptive.
* **kaas** - “We/us,” first person plural. See also kaas in Numbers and General.
* **ta** - “You,” second person singular.
* **taan** - “You all,” second person plural.
* **mi** - “One,” indefinite pronoun, generic you.
* **gath-** - “Not,” “without,” negative prefix; for example, gath'kal—without end.
* **pa-** - Prefix indicating something given.
* **-rhu** or **rhu-** - Prefix or suffix indicating higher status, experience, or prestige than others of that rank.
* **-mo** - Suffix indicating intensity.
* **-mor** - Suffix indicating less intensity, or temporary.
* **-na** - Something that belongs to someone else. Can be applied as a suffix as emphasis; for example, kur'na means “Not my key.”
* **-'nu** - Suffix indicating a feminine title.
* **-z** - Suffix indicating plural.

### Animals

* **haakar** - “Panther.”
* **kaan** - "Horse."
* **puulta'draguus** - Dinosaurs. Literally "Thunder Dragons," but usually translated into common as "Thunder-Lizards".
* **ruuska** - “Tiger.” Often used as battle mounts by Dhakaani cavalry.
* **taarka** - “Wolf,” can also refer to hounds or worgs.

### People of the World

* **aravaat** - "Easterner," used by the people of Droaam to refer to people of the Five Nations and, more generally, humanoid species.
* **chaat'oor** - “Defiler,” pejorative term for species not native to Khorvaire, especially humans. Compare to gath'dar.
* **dar** - “People,” the collective term for the hobgoblin, bugbear, and goblin races of Dhakaan.
* **draguus** - Dragon.
* **gaa'draguus** - Literally "Baby Dragons," the name used for Dragonborn, Kobolds, and Lizardfolk. The dar believed that these three races were all different sizes of the same species.
* **gaa'ma** - “Wax baby,” a pejorative term for changelings.
* **gath'dar** - “Not dar,” a general term for any humanoid that’s not dar. Compare to chaat'oor.
* **ghaal'dar** - “Mighty people,” the ancient name for the hobgoblin species; also the name of the confederacy of goblin clans dominating the nation of Darguun.
* **golin'dar** - “Quick people,” the ancient name for the goblin species.
* **guul'dar** - “Strong people,” the ancient name for the bugbear species.
* **kaan'dar** - Centaurs. Literally "Horse People."
* **kak'darzhul** - Warforged.
* **orces** - Orc.
* **sar'sehn** - Halflings. Literally “Little Riders.”
* **shiftaa** - Shifters.
* **taarn** - Elves.

### Relationships and Families

* **chib** - “Boss,” “big person.” For non-dar, this can refer to any larger humanoid.
* **gaa** - "Baby"
* **gaanu** - “Daughter.”
* **gaate** - “Son,” or "Son of."
* **kech** - “Bearer,” "keeper," “clan.”
* **niianu** - “Mother,” nunu is a diminutive form.
* **shava** - “Sword brother,” a solemn bond between dar warriors. Accepting the status of shava is a formal bond that carries significant responsibilities and expectations, trusting one another with their lives, and committing to resolve the affairs of a fallen sword brother.
* **sora** - “Grandmother,” a term of respect for an elder, even if unrelated to you.
* **uurava** - "Sibling" or "Cousin", literally "Child of the Womb"
* **-va** - When used as a suffix, -va is used to denote a sibling relationship.

### Body Parts

* **aisi** - "Forward," "Front," or "Face."
* **chot** - “Eye.”
* **kaas** - “Hand.” Can also mean "Five" or “We/us,” in first person plural.
* **kaasi** - “Rear,” "back," or "behind." Literally named as such because "we (kaas)" guard each other's backs.
* **khaar** - “Blood." Also used for the color Red.
* **mur** - “Horn.”
* **orr** - "Ear."
* **talaan** - "Shoulders."
* **tar** - "Fist."
* **uura** - "Womb"

### Locations

* **cazhaak draal** - "Stonelands"
* **Darguun** - "Land of the People"
* **draal** - “City.”
* **Duur'shaarat** - “Blade of Sorrows,” the modern dar name for the ruins of the hobgoblin metropolis that now form the foundations of the city of Sharn. Compare to Ja'shaarat.
* **Guur'shaarat** - "Dagger Span", the only bridge crossing the Dagger River.
* **Ja'shaarat** - “Bright Blade,” the ancient name of the hobgoblin metropolis on the Dagger River that later served as the foundations of the city of Sharn. Compare to Duur’shaarat.
* **kech** - “Bearer,” “clan.”
* **khaari batuuvk** - "Bloody market," largest market in Rhukaan Draal.
* **lheshat** - Kingdom; literally, “the reach of a warlord's power.”
* **marhuat** - An empire; literally, “the reach of an emperor's power.”
* **mbar'ost** - "House," "Fortified Dwelling."
* **Rhukaan Draal** - "Crown city," capital city of Darguun.
* **Uul Dhakaan** - The shared dreamscape of the dar.

## General Lexicon

### A

* **aath** - “Corner,” “wall.” Can also mean "four."
* **aazat** - “Hold position!”
* **aisi** - "Forward," "Front," or "Face."
* **aisi itaa** - “Forward ranks attack!”
* **amalorkar** - "Honor Duel" or "Honor Fight." A sporting, non-lethal duel used by the Dhakaan as a test of honor.
* **aram** - “Wrath,” “righteous anger.” Also the name of an ancient Dhakaani sword.
* **aravaat** - "Easterner," used by the people of Droaam to refer to people of the Five Nations and, more generally, humanoid species.
* **Arkantaash** - "Ashen Crown." The name of an ancient elven artifact captured by the Dhakaani and broken into five parts.
* **atcha** - The Dhakaani concept of personal honor, which must be earned and carefully protected. Compare with *muut*.
* **atchot** - Look someone in the eye.

### B

* **ban** - “Sure,” “your funeral,” noncommittal agreement.
* **ban'na** - “I don’t care,” “none of your business.” A Lhazaar explorer once asked the native goblins what their exotic yellow fruit was called; a misunderstanding of the response "Ban'na na" led to the word “banana” being adopted into Common. Literally, “That's not mine, I don't care.”
* **batuuvk** - “Marketplace.”
* **bozhuumo** - "Is summoned", used when being formally presented to a warlord, or when summoning a creature from another plane

### C

* **calabas** - “Kennel.”
* **cazhaak** - "Rock", "Stone", or "Earth"
* **cazhaak draal** - "Stonelands"
* **chaat'oor** - “Defiler,” pejorative term for species not native to Khorvaire, especially humans. Compare to gath'dar.
* **chib** - “Boss,” “big person.” For non-dar, this can refer to any larger humanoid.
* **chiit gath'atcha** - "I am without honor."
* **chiit gath'muut** - "I am without duty."
* **chiit gath'piir** - "I have nothing."
* **chit guulen pamuut ran** - “There is strength in honoring a sacrifice.”
* **chot** - “Eye.”
* **chot'uul** - “Dream watcher,” a monastic order that monitors and protects the Uul Dhakaan, or a member of that order.

### D

* **daashor** - A dar artificer. A largely forgotten profession from the time of the Dhakaani empire, usually male; The techniques of the daashor were previously believed to have been lost with the fall of the Dhakaani Empire, but have been preserved among the Kech Dhakaan.
* **daask** - “Soldier.”
* **dar** - “People,” the collective term for the hobgoblin, bugbear, and goblin races of Dhakaan.
* **Darguun** - "Land of the People"
* **dor** - “Never,” eternal negation. This follows the negated term; “gan dor” means “never eat.”
* **doovol** - “Truth.”
* **draal** - “City.”
* **draguus** - "Dragon."
* **duum** - A large goblin drum with a deep voice, typically played with short thick rods of brass or heavy wood.
* **duur** - “Dirge,” “sorrow,” "sadness," can also mean “song of the past.”
* **duur'kala** - “Dirge singer.” Duur'kala preserve the history and knowledge of past ages, and their music is the most common form of magic among the Dhakaani. As the magic manifests mostly in females, duur’kala are often called gaanu duur, “daughters of the dirge,” and elders are referred to as niianu duur, “mothers of the dirge.”
* **Duur'shaarat** - “Blade of Sorrows,” the modern dar name for the ruins of the hobgoblin metropolis that now form the foundations of the city of Sharn. Compare to Ja'shaarat.

### G

* **ga** - “One,” primary.
* **gaa** - "Baby"
* **gaa'ma** - “Wax baby,” a pejorative term for changelings.
* **gaanu** - “Daughter.”
* **gaanu duur** - “Daughter of the Dirge,” an alternate title for duur'kala.
* **gaa'taat** - “Less than a child,” an insult.
* **gaate** - “Son,” or "Son of."
* **gan** - “Eat.”
* **gantii** - “Hungry.”
* **gan'duur** - "Eaters of sorrow", rebel clan of the Ghaal'dar
* **gantii vus** - "Hungry flame", Ghaal'dar clan
* **gath-** - “Not,” “without,” negative prefix; for example, gath'kal: without end.
* **gath'atcha** - “Without honor.” This can be said as a means of showing contrition, but is a serious insult when said of someone else.
* **gath'mokaas** - “Nine.”
* **ghaal** - “Mighty,” with specific connotations of prowess in battle.
* **ghaal'dar** - “Mighty people,” the ancient name for the hobgoblin species; also the name of the confederacy of goblin clans dominating the nation of Darguun.
* **ghaal’duur** - “Mighty Dirge,” a powerful horn fashioned by Jhazaal Dhakaan.
* **ghaal'vus** - "Explosive," or "bomb." Literally "Mighty Fire."
* **golin** - “Quick,” typically referring to speed, but can also mean intelligence.
* **golin'dar** - “Quick people,” the ancient name for the goblin species.
* **goolaa** - "Honey." The word is derived from *goolr*, the color of gold.
* **goolr** - "Gold."
* **gurr** or **guur** - "Distance,” "time," "span," "space." Interestingly, the Dhakaan made no linguistic distinction between physical space and time.
* **gurrthau** - "Patience."
* **guul** - “Strong.”
* **guula** - "Master."
* **guula'khesh** - "Silent Master." Council elder of the Shaarat'khesh.
* **guul'dar** - “Strong people,” the ancient name for the bugbear species.
* **guulen** - “Strength.” The name of a legendary artifact also known as the Rod of Kings.

### H

* **haakar** - “Panther.”
* **hesh** - "Discipline," "martial training," or "travel." Sometimes translated as "Way," or "Path."
* **hesh sharaat’a’kuul** - “The way of blade and chain,” a martial discipline detailed in the Legend of the Nine Swords.
* **hirot** - “Seven.”

### I

* **il'khesh** - "Silent eye", spy of the Shaarat'khesh
* **irii** - “Cover me!”
* **iroo** - “Loose arrows!”
* **irzat** - “Cease fire!”
* **itaa** - “Attack!”

### J

* **ja** - “Bright.”
* **ja'aram** - "Bright Anger", Ghaal'dar clan
* **ja'khor** - "Bright Bloods", mercenary gang in Sharn
* **Ja'shaarat** - “Bright Blade,” the ancient name of the hobgoblin metropolis on the Dagger River that later served as the foundations of the city of Sharn. Compare to Duur’shaarat.
* **Jhazaal Dhakaan** - The greatest duur’kala in history, she united the Six Kings to found the Empire of Dhakaan and become the first marhu. She created the Uul Dhakaan and crafted Ghaal'duur and other legendary artifacts.

### K

* **ka** - “Two,” a pair.
* **kaga** - “Three,” two and one.
* **kaan** - “Helmet,” or more loosely, any head covering.
* **kaana** - A signal of urgency. Emphasized by repetition - kaana kaana.
* **kaas** - “Hand.” Can also mean "Five" or “We/us,” in first person plural.
* **kaasi** - “Rear,” "back," or "behind." Literally named as such because "we (kaas)" guard each other's backs.
* **kaasi itaa** - “Rear ranks close!”
* **kaath** - “Eight.”
* **kala** - “Singer.”
* **kapaa** - “Betrayal” or “treachery.”
* **kapaa'taat** - "traitor."
* **Kapaa'vola** - “The Treacherous Word.” Created by the daelkyr Dyrrn the Corruptor, this devastating curse severed the surface dar from the Uul Dhakaan and caused irrational behavior.
* **karda** - “Throne.”
* **kech** - “Bearer,” "keeper," “clan.”
* **Kech Dhakaan** - “Keepers of Dhakaan,” also translated “Heirs of Dhakaan,” the collective title for the dar clans that fled from the Kapaa'vola and maintained Dhakaani traditions.
* **Kech Shaarat** - "Keepers of the Sword," or "Bladebearers."
* **Kech Volaar** - "Keepers of the Word," or "Wordbearers."
* **khaar** - “Blood." Also used for the color Red.
* **khaar'vanon** - Byeshk. Literally "blood of night," named by an ancient daashor.
* **khaari** - “Bloody.”
* **khaari batuuvk** - "Bloody market," largest market in Rhukaan Draal.
* **khaar draguus** - “Blood of the dragon,” an ancient Dhakaani term for the lava pools used to forge weapons and armor, now beneath the modern city of Sharn.
* **khaavolaar!** - “Blood of the word!” A curse of frustration or amazement.
* **khesh** - “Silent.”
* **Khesh'dar** - “The Silent Folk,” a clan of golin’dar scouts and assassins. By ancient tradition, the Khesh'dar have always lived apart from the dar of the empire and serve no single clan, instead acting as impartial mercenaries.
* **kiirin** - A traditional Dhakaani stringed instrument.
* **kor** - “blood red,” “scarlet.”
* **korluat** - A highly alcoholic beverage; literally, “hero's blood.” Also spelled korluaat**.**
* **kraat** - “Smithy,” “forge.”
* **kra'uul** - “Dream forged,” items that accompany their bearer into the Uul Dhakaan.
* **kron** - “Six.”
* **kron rhukaan** - “Six Kings,” the six ghaal'dar warlords who joined with Jhazaal Dhakaan to found the Empire of Dhakaan.
* **kron rhukaan'kor!** - “Blood of Six Kings!” An oath of sincerity, or an expletive.
* **kumash khaar!:** "Taste the blood!"
* **kur** - “Key.”
* **kurar** - “Death.” Literally translates as "Key to Legacy"
* **kurar'taarn** - "Death of Elves," a battlecry.
* **kuul** - "chain."
* **kuur** - “Speak.”

### L

* **lhesh** - “High warlord,” general. In Dhakaani culture, a lhesh is a term for someone with the rank of general, given command of a significant portion of the empire's armies for a set time. In the modern day, Lhesh Haruuc Shaarat'kor has adopted the term as the title of the ruler of Darguun.
* **lhesh shaarat** - “Warlord's blade,” a Dhakaani weapon suitable only for the greatest warriors, finely made and imbued with powerful enchantments. The mere act of drawing a warlord’s blade is a claim to power.
* **lheshat** - Kingdom; literally, “the reach of a warlord's power.”
* **lhevket** - “Elder warlord,” colonel.
* **lhevk'rhu** - “Skilled warlord,” captain.
* **lhevk** - “Warlord,” lieutenant.
* **lhurusk** - “War leader,” sergeant.

### M

* **maabet!** - An ancient curse whose meaning has never been translated into Common.
* **marhu** - “Emperor,” supreme leader; a position first held by the duur'kala Jhazaal Dhakaan.
* **marhuat** - An empire; literally, “the reach of an emperor's power.”
* **marhu orr!** - “Emperor's ears!” An exclamation of surprise.
* **matshuc zaal** - "Stolen fortress"
* **mazo** - “Absolutely,” “yes,” emphatic agreement; used when discussing plans or acknowledging orders.
* **mbar'ost** - "House," "Fortified Dwelling."
* **mi** - “One,” indefinite pronoun, generic you.
* **-mo** - Suffix indicating intensity.
* **mokaas** - “Ten.”
* **mor** - “Life.”
* **morguur** - “Lifespan.”
* **mu** - “They/them,” neutral pronoun.
* **mula'duur** - "Bringers of sorrow," assassins of the Shaarat'khesh.
* **mula** - "Bring," or "Deliver".
* **mur** - “Horn.”
* **mur** **talaan** - "Horned Shoulders", a Ghaal'dar clan
* **muu'kron** - A talisman of the Dark Six, six knotted cords
* **muut** - The Dhakaani concept of duty, something owed to the empire and your comrades. Compare with atcha.

### N

* **na** - Something that belongs to someone else. Can be applied as a suffix as emphasis; for example, kur'na means “Not my key.”
* **nasaar** - “Night.”
* **niianu** - “Mother,” nunu is a diminutive form.
* **niianu duur** - “Mother of the Dirge,” an alternate title for a senior duur'kala.
* **niianu raat** - "Mother of stories", name of Volaar Draal to its denizens
* **noon** - A starchy grain, often pressed into compact balls. Noon was a staple of the traditional Dhakaani diet, though the clans turned to suur during their long isolation.
* **nozhii** - “Debt.”
* **nu** - “She/her,” feminine pronoun. Feminine suffex.

### O

* **odaarii** - "Eternity," "Forever"
* **olhirot** - “Spear-bearer,” or "Spear Catcher." Rank equivalent of private.
* **orr** - "Ear."
* **orces** - “Orc.”

### P

* **pa-** - Prefix indicating something given.
* **paal** - “Spell.”
* **paaldaask** - A spellcaster; literally, “spell warrior.” Paaldaask is the origin of the modern word "Paladin".
* **paatcha!** - Literally, to offer honor. Typically spoken as a compliment, or delivered as an imperative to troops facing peril.
* **piir** - General term indicating possession.
* **piiroto** - “My stuff,” one’s belongings.
* **poltaa** - “Thought.”
* **puulta** - "Thunder", the noise an army makes on the march
* **puulta'draguus** - Dinosaurs. Literally "Thunder Dragons," but usually translated into common as "Thunder-Lizards".

### R

* **raat** - “Story.”
* **raat shan gath'kal dor** - “The story stops but never ends,” the traditional closing of Dhakaani legends.
* **raat shi anaa** - “The story continues,” the traditional opening to Dhakaani legends.
* **ran** - “Sacrifice.”
* **rhu** - Prefix or suffix indicating higher status, experience, or prestige than others of that rank.
* **rhukaan** - Crown; literally, “high status head covering.”
* **Rhukaan Draal** - "Crown city," capital city of Darguun.
* **rhukaan** **taash** - "Razor Crown", the largest Ghaal'dar clan.
* **romath** - “Form up!”
* **roo** - “Friendly stranger.” Someone unknown to the speaker, but not obviously an enemy. Plural is rooz. Often used as "Friend" in common vernacular.
* **rootuuva** - "Customer", literally "friendly stranger that buys"
* **ruuska** - “Tiger.” Often used as battle mounts by Dhakaani cavalry.
* **ruuska'te** - “Tiger man,” a term of endearment for a fierce man (feminine: ruuska'nu). See also taarka'nu.

### S

* **saa** - “Hello,” casual greeting.
* **saa'atcha** - “It’s an honor to meet you,” formal greeting.
* **sar** - “Little.”
* **sehn** - “Riders.”
* **shaarat** - “Blade.”
* **shaarat'dor** - A martial art practiced by the Khesh'dar; literally, “no weapons.”
* **Shaarat'khesh** - An order within the Khesh'dar, golin'dar specializing in espionage and assassination; literally, “Silent Blades,” or "Silent Knives."
* **shaarat'kor** - "Scarlet Blade," title of Haruuc, sometimes used as an oath.
* **shaarul** - "Dull Blade," lowest rank of the Shaarat'khesh
* **shaash** - “Come together!”
* **shaat'aar** - A small sweet bun filled with honey cream, much loved by golin'dar.
* **shaari'mal** - "Tearing Wheels," an ancient Dhakaani symbol
* **shava** - “Sword brother,” a solemn bond between dar warriors. Accepting the status of shava is a formal bond that carries significant responsibilities and expectations, trusting one another with their lives, and committing to resolve the affairs of a fallen sword brother.
* **shi anaa** - To continue; literally, “to begin again.”
* **shii marhu polto huuntad ka ruuska atchot** - “Even an emperor must think twice when looking a tiger in the eye,” a Dhakaani proverb.
* **shiftaa** - Shifters.
* **shusk** - "Shank," A makeshift dagger, made from bugbear canine tooth lashed to a stick.
* **skai** - “Great.”
* **skai duur** - "Great dirge," name of respect for the Kech Volaar city by those who have tried to conquer it.
* **skai'shaarat** - "Great Blade," or "Greatsword," or "Greataxe."
* **skiir** - “Run.”
* **skuurz'taat** - “Pathetic drunkard.”
* **sora** - “Grandmother,” a term of respect for an elder, even if unrelated to you.
* **suur** - A fungus, staple of the Dhakaani diet while the clans were deep underground, usually eaten in the form of starchy balls.

### T

* **ta** - “You,” second person singular.
* **talaan** - "Shoulders."
* **taan** - “You all,” second person plural.
* **taarn** - Elves.
* **taarka** - “Wolf,” can also refer to hounds or worgs.
* **Taarka'khesh** - An order within the Khesh'dar, golin’dar specializing in wilderness reconnaissance; literally, “Silent Wolves.”
* **taarka'nu** - “Wolf woman,” a term of endearment for a fierce woman (masculine: taarka’te). See also ruuska’te.
* **taash** - “Razor.”
* **taat** - A derogatory, insulting term for someone of lesser status than the speaker.
* **tar** - "Fist."
* **tar'khesh** - "Silent Hand", or more literally, "Silent Fist." Fighting monk of the Shaarat'khesh.
* **ta muut** - “You have honor,” “you do your duty.” The most common form of thanks in Dhakaani culture, it acknowledges that a deed has been performed correctly without any connotation of debt on the part of the speaker. Contrast with *Ya panozhii kita atcha*.
* **te** - “He/him,” masculine pronoun.
* **thradaask** - “Shock trooper,” private; most often guul'dar.
* **toh** - “Beware.”
* **tohiish** - “Dangerous.”
* **tsash** - "Arm."
* **tuuv** - “Buy,” “Own.”
* **tuuvoto** - "Slave"

### U

* **ur** - "First."
* **uul** - “Dream.”
* **Uul Dhakaan** - The shared dreamscape of the dar.
* **uul'kala** - “Dream singer,” a dirge singer who specializes in walking in dreams.
* **uul'kur** - “Dream key,” a token that allows its bearer to remember its dreams in the Uul Dhakaan, and even share with others.
* **uura** - "Womb"
* **uurava** - "Sibling" or "Cousin", literally "Child of the Womb"

### V

* **va** - "Go," "Leave," or "Dismissed."
* **-va** - When used as a suffix, -va is used to denote a sibling relationship.
* **vanon** - “Dusk.”
* **volaar** - “Word,” more broadly, lore or recorded knowledge.
* **vus** - “Fire.”
* **vusrii** - “Burn.”

### Y

* **ya** - “I/me,” first person singular.
* **ya panozhii kita atcha** - “I owe a debt to your honor,” an expression of profound indebtedness; this has deep meaning and is never said lightly. Compare with *ta muut.*

1. ↑ Template:Cite book/Exploring Eberron