Dwarvish dictionary

A list of words and phrases from the Dwarvish language.

A[]

ae

"gold"^[1]

aelin

"gold-work"^[1]

agland

"sword"^[1]

aetharn

"gold lust"^[2]

alagh

"battle-glory, valor"^[1]

ar

"to cut, slash, lay open"^[1]

arantym

an edible fungus known to humans as ripplebark.^[3]

arau

"great, huge, gigantic" ^[1]

arauglor

"ocean, sea"^[1]

Araurilcaurak

"Great pillar cavern"^[4]

Arausamman

"Great Friend", a term of respect.^[5]

arglar

"to butcher"^[1]

arnothog

"lizard (large: pack-lizard or larger)"^[6]

aug

"dragon"^[6]

aurvel

"son"^[7]

auva

"daughter"^[7]

B[]

barak

"backbone, strength, shield"^[1]

barakor

"those who shield"^[8]

barthoun

"thunder"^[9]

bedorn

"disbelief, lies, mistakes, exaggeration, distortion."^[1]

beldarak

"treachery"^[1]

beldarakin

"treacherous creatures",^[10] "treacherous beings",^[11] or "treacherous one"^[12]

brok

"trove"^[13]

brukk (pronounced: /ˈbrək/ BRUH-k)

"hidden"^[14]

burakrin

"way through, passage"^[1]

C[]

calass

"thief, miscreant, untrustworthy person"

calassabrak

"the flawed who aren't to be trusted"—in duergar society, those who were dishonored and shunned.^[15][16][17]

caradhak (ka-RAD-ack)

illithid or mind flayer^[18]

caradhaker (ka-RAD-ack-er)

"mindstalker"—an individual or a group of dwarves dedicated to hunting illithids.^[18]

caurak

"cavern"^[1]

cauv (pronounced: /ˈkɔːvvh/ CAW-vvh)

"spot" or "detect"^[14]

corl

"to kill"^[1]

corlar

"killer"^[1]

D[]

daern

"familiar",^[19] known" (in terms of a place, feature, or being),^[1] may be used to refer to an individual (e.g., "my old daern")^[20]

dauble

"treasure", "valuable"^[1]

daul

"daughter"^[21]

deladar

"to descend, to go down"^[1]

deladaraugh

"to die in battle"^[1]

delvar

"to dig"^[1]

donnar

"metal ore"^[1]

dor

drak kor egulash

"State your purpose"^[22]

dumtharak bar-mathar! (DOOM-tharr-ack bar-MAY-tharr)

"You're so crazy that your farts are all wet dung!" (archaic dwarf-children's insult)^[23][24]

dunglor

"underground lake"^[1]

dunglorrin

"overlake"^[25]

dunlur

"underground river"^[1]

E[]

endar

"cave" (on the surface, one not linked to extensive underways)^[1]

F[]

faern

"home"^[26]

findal

"divine favor, blessing, godly gift"^[9]

findar

"good luck, good fortune, favorable chances"^[1]

forak-erach-naek

"empty-scabbard killer"^[27]

G[]

ghohlbrorn

the dwarven name for the bulette^[28][29]

glor

"lake"^[1]

glander

"gems", including natural uncut stones^[1]

gordul

"gods forfend!" or "gods, look at this!" (an oath of amazement or despair)^[1]

groht

"stone"^[30]

H[]

halaur

"gift"^[1]

hamar

"hammer"^[31]

hamarhaast

"hammer of ashes"^[31]

horgar

the dwarven name for the stone-eater^[32]

hurnden

"payment"^[1]

I[]

ilith

"deal, agreement, trust in one's word or honor"^[1]

J[]

jargh

"idiot", "joker", also a term used for halflings^[1]

jlug

"scaly"^[6]

jlugluk

"reptile"^[6]

K[]

karra

"my heir or I am the heir of" (female)^[7]

karravade

"mother of" (speaker or another)"^[7]

karravade-karra

"maternal aunt" (sister-of-mother or mother-sister)^[7]

karravade-kraval

"maternal uncle" (brother-of-mother or mother-brother)^[7]

Kavalrach

spider rider, a term among the duergar describing those who ride Steeders^[33]

Korvikoum

dwarven philosophy of choices and consequences^[34]

kral

"my heir or I am the heir of" (male)^[7]

kralvade

"father of" (speaker or another)^[7]

kralvade-karra

"paternal aunt" (sister-of-father or father-sister)^[7]

kralvade-kral

"paternal uncle" (brother-of-father or father-brother)^[7]

krauth

"immediate kin, daily living-with family" (bloodkin as opposed to friends and companions)^[7]

kuld

"axe"^[1]

kuldjargh

"axe idiot"^[35]

L[]

larrul

"to weep"^[7]

lhar

"gap, (mountain) pass"^[1]

lhargh

"loose stone, bad to work or unsafe"^[1]

llur

"large (wide) river"^[1]

lothlaug

"wyvern"^[6]

luthkarra

"sister by birth/blood"^[7]

luthkral

"brother by birth/blood"^[7]

luthlarkarra

"sister by marriage"^[7]

luthlarkral

"brother by marriage"^[7]

lur

"river" or "stream"^[36]

lurgh

"marsh", "fen"^[1]

lurmurk

"bog", "muskeg" (concealed waters)"^[1]

M[]

morndin

"peak", "height" (especially of mountains, but also used to speak of high ledges, ranks of individuals, or particularly tall creatures)^[1]

mrin

"to climb", hence mrinding means "climbing"^[1]

mur

"to disagree", hence murmel means "to argue", "to debate"^[1]

murmelings

"arguments", "criticism", "words of dissension"^[1]

N[]

norogh

"evil creatures", "enemies" or "foes", usually unknown^[1]

noror

"enemies: (known)^[1]

noroth

"enemy lair, area"^[1]

norskul

"spider"; plural is norskulla^[37]

nothnia

"lizardfolk-she, female member of the lizardfolk"^[6]

nothnig

"lizard-folk-he, male member of the lizardfolk"^[6]

nothlar

"any group of lizardfolk presumed as family unit"^[6]

nothlim

"lizardfolk (collective: both the race and any group of lizard-folk aside from a presumed family unit)"^[6]

nothog

"lizard (small)"^[6]

novlik

"killing"^[38]

O[]

ol

"magic, magical power or items"^[1]

olara

"natural magic, not used or influenced beings"^[1]

olor

"world, all lands, the entire territory of Toril seen by, and known to, dwarves"^[1]

olaramorndin

"magical peaks"^[39]

P[]

parlyn

"clothing, especially usual or expected (proper or fitting) adornment"^[1]

phulk

"venom"^[6]

R[]

raugh

"death", "an ending", "it's over" (especially feuds and love affairs)^[1]

ril

"pillar"^[4]

rorn

"destruction", "devastation", "war"^[1]

rorntyn

"battlefield"^[1]

rrin

"over", "above"^[1]

rune

"familiar", "known"^[1]

runedar

"familiar place, haven, home"^[1]

Rrinnoroth

"place over enemy land"^[40]

S[]

Sabrak

"broken", "cracked", "flawed"^[41]

sakrauth

"trusted kin"^[7]

saman

"trusted friend", "shield brother", "battle companion"^[1]

samryn

"trustworthy", "honest", "honorable", or "bearable"^[1]

sargh

"disgusting thing or occurrence", "orcs" or "orc-work"^[1]

Sarghathuld

"orc bane", as in the sword Sarghathuld.^[5]

sonn

"good stone"^[1]

splendarr

"bright", "shining", "hopeful", "beautiful"^[1]

Splendarrllur

"Shining River"^[36]

sunrun

"nobody"^[42]

T[]

taerin

"love" (true love, deep love)^[1]

tah

"converse, discourse, discussion"^[7]

tahul

"to speak, to discuss"^[7]

tarjteir

"place of happy gathering" in the Deep Realm dialect^[43][44]

tath

"silver or copper plaque or coin (singular)"^[45]

thalorn

"kindness", "caring", "good deed"^[1]

thaolet

an oil used as a preservative and rust remover^[46]

tharn

"love", "lust"^[1]

thord

"bone"^[1]

thorden

"bones"^[1]

thork

"death", "excrement", "decay", "carrion"^[1]

thorkin

"surface dweller", a term unique to Clan Uhubreen.^[47]

thuldor

"those who endure"^[48]

thulduk

"fate", "doom", "ill luck", or (spoken in irony) everyday cheery tidings or good fortune^[1]

thulol

"transgender"^[49]

tindul

"clumsiness", "clumsy work" (especially smithcraft)^[1]

tor

"hill", "knoll" (especially if bare rock in places, and smaller then a mountain or crag)^[1]

torst

"adventure", "fun", "welcomed danger"^[1]

torune

"hold"^[25]

Turlaghh

"Field of Broken Dreams"^[50]

tuth

"silver or copper plaques or coins (plural)"^[45]

tyn

"field", "open place" (above ground)^[1]

U[]

uhubreen

duergar^[51]

uldoum

"favored dwarven settlement", meaning favored by the speaker, which is a formal way of saying “I am of that settlement”^[7]

ultok

"meeting place"^[1]

ultokrinlur

"ford" (translates as "meeting place over river")^[1]

undivver

"hope, future plan, strategy"^[1]

urdunnir

"orecutter"^[52]

V[]

vakrauth

"distant bloodkin" (lineage, not just of the same clan)^[7]

vallahir

"mountain meadow" (high valley, especially a 'hanging valley' or alpine plateau)^[1]

varra

"reveal" (as in "laying bare")^[14]

veltel

"romance", "courtship", social games and manners^[1]

vikrik

"hunted"^[53]

Vlandranna (pronounced: /ˈvlɑːnˈdrɑːnɑː/ Vlan-DRANNA^[54])

"Gods grant [approval, etc.]"^[54]

Vos

"Wild" or "unruly" usually used to describe a Dwarven beer fest. ^[55]

volamtar

"blazers of fresh trails"^[48]

vruden

"wood" (material)^[1]

vrudenla

"wooden" or "of wood"^[1]

vudd

"wood", "forest"^[1]

vuddar

"of the jungle"^[56]

vudlur

"woods stream"^[36]

vurtan

"a traveling crew of dwarf, apart from any clan, for work or quest purposes (not clanless/outcast)"^[57]

W[]

wurgym

"ugliness", "ugly thing/being"^[1]

wurlur

"current", "racing water" (dangerous)^[1]

wurn

"water" (especially useful or drinking water)^[1]

X[]

xoth

"knowledge" (especially dwarf-lore and secret or special knowledge)^[1]

xunder

"secrets", "dark deeds", or "treasure-talk"^[1]

xunderbrok

"secret trove"^[13]

Y[]

yau

A known danger, hazard, or peril.^[37]

yaugh

"a climb"^[1]

yaughadar

"stairs", "steps"^[1]

yaunorsk

A spider that was known to be particularly dangerous (literally "peril-spider")^[37]

yauthlin

"rope"^[1]

yauthmair

"handholds" or "no clear way"^[1]

yauthtil

"elevator" (non-magical; a magical elevator is olyauthil)^[1]

yulcauv (pronounced: /ˈjʊllkɔːvvh/ YULL-caw-vvh)

"see" or "observe" or "watch"^[14]

yuldam

"watchfulness" or "vigilance" or "standing guard"^[14]

Z[]

zander

"adventurer", "rogue", "foolish youth", "happy-go-lucky", or "reckless being"^[1]

zarzulk

"Naga"^[6]

zur

"snake (small)"^[6]

zurphul

"snake (deadly venomous)"^[6]

zurzulk

"snake (giant)"^[6]

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