Kalambouri glossary

This is a list of words used in the Kalambouri language, the language of Kalambour. The speech used here dates from the latter 21st century to the 23rd century AT, or 29th to 31st century ZE.

A

* āb - water
* Āban - Month of Water, October
* -an - present verbal tense
* Arimun, Arumeh - Ahriman, ultimate evil
* Arurijeh, Aruzijeh - Darros, the Far East
* -as - plural
	+ Replaced "-ah" at around 340 BT.
	+ Southern Kalambouri dialects pronounce this as "-ar" or "-az".
* ātar - holy fire
* ātargad, ātargard, tārkad - bastion of fire, Mazdajasni temple, "church"
* Auromazda. Aromazd, Ormazd - God Almighty

B

* būr - sand

Ch
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* čamidan - to strut, to walk around proudly; (mocking) to not be aware of anything important; to flaunt
* čen ... - How..., What a ..., (as in "how sweet" or "what a fool this one has become")
* čis, čes - what
	+ čis is proper.
	+ čes is casual and colloquial. May sometimes be replaced with "što" or "čto" in slang.
* cisčez - something a person cannot remember, a "whatchamacallit"; a piece of junk; garbage, nonsense
	+ When written in Common for slang or fun, this word is often spelled as "чіщез", rendering the middle "sč" cluster as "щ".
* Čis dārid? - What do you have?/What does this one have?
* čīz - an object, a thing

D

* drasmad - hnefatafl
	+ Literally means "the shining board", referring to the central piece representing a wicked king who steals a sack of diamonds.

F

* frāz, froz - height

J

* jazat - angel
* Jazdan - "He Who is Worshipped", God Almighty

K

* kalam - black
* Kalambūr - Black Sands (volcanic soil)
* ... kardan - present tense (formal, classical)
* kei - who
* kevjeh - mystic, sage, sorcerer
	+ Not a "mutant", since Kalambouris already knew that mutants are not magic-users. Some Kalambouris were also mutants, mostly as special forces in their country's army, firefighters, or electricians.

Kh
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* khrafshtar, krofashtar - a monster

M

* madvo - wine
* Mazda! - Oh, God
* mobaid, mogubaid - a priest, a bishop

N

* nām - a name
* nemaz - prayer
* nemazan - to pray, to worship

P

* padnām-e-Jazdan, padnēzdan - God bless you; good luck
	+ Literally means "In the name of God". Evolved into a blessing or a wish for good luck. Used in countries influenced by Zarijanian culture, even as far east as Sevraeja across the ocean.
* paikubi - dance
* paikubi kardan, paikuban - to dance

R

* rīz - small, little

S

* sōkhra, sōra - red
* sōrneh - red wine, luxury
* sumah - west
* Suvohijeh, Sovijeh - Palkyras, Vozolaz

T

* tārkad - a Terran temple, a "church".
	+ From "atargad", a Mazdajasni temple, but with a colloquial pronunciation used to refer to shrines and chapels left behind by retreating Terran soldiers. Later used to refer to any temple to Terran gods, particularly "churches".
	+ "Tārkadas" are depicted as having onion domes, similar to Sevraejan and Rukanian temples.

### V

* -vahon, -vaon - (honourific) place of
* -vaun - place of, house of
* vāhna, vānno - a house

## Trivia

* The author based Kalambouri on Tajik and archaic Persian words.
* Modern Kalambouri is written with an alphabet that looks like Avestan.
* Although Ninoris is a Marnosyn, she can understand Kalambouri as she was raised in Kalambour.
* Ragnvald and other Hothrovians can also understand Kalambouri, sometimes using occasional words picked up from slang.

### Zarijanian-influenced languages

* Hothrovian glossary
* Sevraejan glossary