100 Dothraki Words Every Learner Should Know
100 Dothraki Words Every Learner Should Know
This is a curated list of the 100 most useful Dothraki words for a beginner, organised by category. Every entry is attested in David J. Peterson's documented vocabulary or in on-screen show dialogue. Where a form is extrapolated from canon rules, it is flagged.
Pronunciation guide: Dothraki spelling is mostly phonetic. kh is a back fricative (like German Bach). zh is the s in pleasure. jh is similar but voiced more strongly. q is a hard back K. Stress falls on the penultimate syllable unless marked otherwise.
People (10 words)
| Dothraki | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| anha | I | First-person singular |
| yer | you (singular) | Nominative |
| me | he / she / it | Gender-neutral |
| kisha | we | First-person plural |
| yeri | you (plural) | Nominative plural |
| mori | they | Third-person plural |
| mahrazh | man, warrior | Animate |
| chiori | woman | Animate |
| rakh | boy, child | Animate |
| khal | war leader, king | Animate |
Khalasar and Titles (8 words)
| Dothraki | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| khaleesi | queen, khal's wife | Animate |
| ko | lieutenant under a khal | Animate |
| khalakka | prince, khal's son | Animate |
| dothrak | rider | Self-reference of the Dothraki people |
| lajak | warrior | Animate |
| dosh khaleen | the council of crones | Plural |
| khalasar | a khal's horde | Inanimate |
| vezhven | great one | Honourific |
Horses and Riding (12 words)
| Dothraki | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| hrazef | horse | Animate |
| vezh | stallion | Animate |
| lame | mare | Animate |
| khash | foal | Animate |
| dothralat | to ride | Infinitive |
| dothrae | rides | 3rd person singular |
| feshith | tree (also "saddle wood") | Inanimate |
| arakh | curved sword | Inanimate |
| haj | strong | Adjective |
| haz | this | Demonstrative |
| ass | now | Adverb |
| jin | the | Definite article |
Body Parts (10 words)
| Dothraki | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| qoy | blood | Inanimate |
| tih | eye | Inanimate |
| ifa | head | Inanimate |
| hili | hand | Inanimate |
| rhae | foot | Inanimate |
| nhare | shoulder | Inanimate |
| eyak | ear | Inanimate |
| zhille | tongue | Inanimate |
| jol | heart | Inanimate |
| samvenikhi | bone (extrapolated) | Inanimate |
Food and Drink (8 words)
| Dothraki | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| dohzra | meat (general) | Inanimate |
| oqet | sheep | Animate |
| eshna | water | Inanimate |
| hranna | fermented mare's milk | Inanimate |
| adakhat | to eat (infinitive) | Verb |
| indelat | to drink (infinitive) | Verb |
| chosh | salt | Inanimate |
| hadaen | food (general) | Inanimate |
Nature (10 words)
| Dothraki | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| havazh | sea, large body | Inanimate |
| havazh dothraki | the Dothraki Sea | The great grassland |
| asavva | sky | Inanimate, near-sacred |
| jano | dog | Animate |
| zir | bird | Animate |
| rhaes | grass | Inanimate |
| shekh | sun | Inanimate |
| jalan | moon | Inanimate |
| eyel | rain | Inanimate |
| asshekh | today, this day | Time noun |
Action Verbs (12 words)
| Dothraki | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| zhilat | to love | Infinitive |
| zhilak | I love | 1st person singular |
| nesat | to know | Infinitive |
| nesak | I know | 1st person singular |
| zalat | to want | Infinitive |
| zalak | I want | 1st person singular |
| azhat | to give | Infinitive |
| vazhak | I will give | 1st person future |
| fonat | to hunt, to seek | Infinitive |
| thirat | to live | Infinitive |
| drivolat | to die | Infinitive |
| ezolat | to learn | Infinitive |
Descriptors (10 words)
| Dothraki | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| chek | well, good | Adverb / adjective |
| haj | strong | Adjective |
| vezhven | great | Adjective |
| zheana | beautiful | Adjective |
| jelvenak | quick (extrapolated) | Adjective |
| atte | first | Ordinal |
| vekhi | many | Quantifier |
| nayat | small, little | Adjective |
| qisi | near | Adjective |
| hash | (question marker) | Particle |
Numbers (10 words)
| Dothraki | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| at | one | Cardinal |
| akat | two | Cardinal |
| sen | three | Cardinal |
| tor | four | Cardinal |
| mek | five | Cardinal |
| zhinda | six | Cardinal |
| fekh | seven | Cardinal |
| ori | eight | Cardinal |
| qazat | nine | Cardinal |
| thi | ten | Cardinal |
Time (10 words)
| Dothraki | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| asshekh | today | Adverb |
| silokh | yesterday | Adverb |
| hatif | tomorrow (extrapolated) | Adverb |
| ajjalan | forever (extrapolated) | Adverb |
| ahesh | snow, winter (snow season) | Inanimate |
| awazat | season | Inanimate |
| jadat | to come | Infinitive |
| jada | comes | 3rd person singular |
| nakholat | to end | Infinitive |
| mr | inside, within | Preposition |
Putting Them Together
With these 100 words you can already build dozens of sentences. Some examples:
Anha zhilak yera— "I love you"Anha vekhak sen hrazef— "I have three horses"Yer dothrae chek?— "Do you ride well?"Khalasares anni vezhven— "My khalasar is great"Asavva ma rhaes ma hrazef— "Sky and grass and horse"Anha zalak adakhat oqet asshekh— "I want to eat sheep today"Me dothra qisi havazhaan— "He/she rides near to the sea"
Notice the patterns: subject first, verb second, object third. Adjectives follow the noun they describe. Case endings change for objects (accusative) and destinations (allative).
How to Memorise This List
Three tips from learners who have actually done it.
1. Spaced repetition. Cramming 100 words in a weekend leads to forgetting 80 by the next weekend. A spaced-repetition system surfaces each word right before you'd forget it, which is dramatically more efficient. Tengwar's free Dothraki tier includes this built-in.
2. Pair every noun with a verb. Don't memorise hrazef alone. Memorise hrazef dothra — "horse rides." Verbs anchor nouns in your memory.
3. Speak out loud. Dothraki is a percussive, consonant-heavy language. Silent reading does not capture it. Say every word out loud during practice. The pronunciation guides Peterson recorded for the Living Language book help with this.
What to Learn Next
After these 100 words, the next high-value categories are:
- Possessives and case endings — turning
anhaintoanni("my") andyerintoyeraan("to you") - Verb conjugation — covering all six persons (I, you, he/she, we, you-plural, they)
- Negation with
vos - Question construction with
hash - Connectives like
ma(and),vosma(but),me nem(it is)
Tengwar's Dothraki course covers all of these in lessons 2 through 5 of the free tier.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How many Dothraki words are there?
There are roughly 3,000 documented Dothraki words across David J. Peterson's books, blog posts, and on-screen dialogue. For a learner, the first 100 high-frequency words cover the majority of basic conversation, and the first 500 cover most everyday topics within the Dothraki cultural domain.
What is the most important Dothraki word to learn first?
`Anha` ('I') is the single most important word — it appears in nearly every Dothraki sentence. After that: `yer` ('you'), `me` ('it/he/she'), `dothralat` ('to ride'), `hrazef` ('horse'), and the greetings `m'athchomaroon` (hello) and `fonas chek` (farewell). These eight words give you the scaffolding for basic exchanges.
How long does it take to memorise 100 Dothraki words?
With spaced repetition (20 minutes a day), most learners memorise 100 words in 4 to 6 weeks. Tengwar's free Dothraki tier uses spaced repetition to surface each word right before you would forget it, which is significantly faster than flashcard-only learning.
Are these the same words used in Game of Thrones?
Yes — the words in this list are all attested in either David J. Peterson's published Dothraki materials or on-screen show dialogue. None of them are fan inventions. We have flagged any extrapolated forms where they appear.
What's the difference between animate and inanimate Dothraki words?
Dothraki nouns are divided into two classes: animate (living, moving) and inanimate (objects, abstractions). The class affects case endings. `Hrazef` (horse) is animate. `Arakh` (curved sword) is inanimate. Knowing the class of every noun is essential for correct grammar.
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