

Peterson.Įxample: "She was Daenerys Stormborn, the Unburnt, khaleesi and queen, Mother of Dragons, slayer of warlocks, breaker of chains, and there was no one in the world that she could trust."- George R. While the word is popularly pronounced ka-LEE-see, it should be KHAH-lay-see, according to the show's language creator, David J. We learned recently that we've been pronouncing khaleesi wrong this whole time. The Dothraki are a nomadic horse-riding people, similar to Eurasian nomads or the Native Americans of the Great Plains. khaleesi Khaleesi is a Dothraki word referring to the wife of the khal, or warlord of a khalasar, a Dothraki clan or tribe. Other military nicknames that have to do with uniform color include greyback, redcoat, lobsterback, and blackcoat.Įxample: Ygritte: "In your hearts all you crows want to fly free."- "Valar Dohaeris," March 31, 2013Ģ. The Night's Watch is "a military order which holds and guards the Wall." Night's Watch members "swear an oath of duty that is binding for life and prohibits marriage, family, and land ownership," and dress entirely in black, giving rise to the nicknames crow and black brothers. crow Crow is a derogatory nickname given to the Night's Watch by the Free Folk, those who live beyond the Wall, thought to be the northernmost edge of civilization on Westeros, the continent where the most action of Game of Thrones takes place. Special thanks to the excellent Game of Thrones wiki.ġ. We've recouped enough now to bring you our favorite words from this latest season of the show, just in time for this weekend's season finale. Have you recovered from Sunday's episode of Game of Thrones? We have, just barely, but not before losing our collective minds.
