ELVISH
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- Andaran atish’an: "Enter this place in peace." A formal elven greeting.
- Aneth ara: A sociable or friendly greeting used among the Dalish themselves rather than with outsiders.
- Ara seranna-ma: A way to excuse one's self, such as after a sneeze or belch.
- Ar lasa mala revas: "You are free" or "I give you your freedom."
- Ar lath ma, vhenan: "I love you, my heart"
- Banal nadas: "Nothing is inevitable."
- Bellanaris Din'an Heem: "Make you dead"
- Dareth shiral: farewell; literally "Safe journey"
- Dirth'ena enasalin: "Knowledge that led to victory"
- Dirthara-ma: "May you learn." Used as a curse.
- Fen'Harel ma ghilana: "Dread Wolf guides you."; indicates someone being mislead.
- Garas quenathra: "Why are you here?/Why have you come?"
- Ir abelas: "I am sorry."
- Ir abelas, ma vhenan: "I am filled with sorrow for your loss, my heart."
- Ma harel lasa: "You lied to me."
- Ma melava halani: "You helped me."
- Ma nuvenin: "As you say."
- Ma vhenan: My heart; sometimes shortened simply to vhenan, "heart"; a term of endearment.
- Ma serannas: My thanks./Thank you.
- Na din'an sahlin: "Your death is come!"
- Na melana sahlin: "Your time is come."
- Tel'abelas: "I'm not sorry."
DWARVEN
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- Amgaarak: Victory
- Amgeforn: Sacrifice
- Amgetoll: Duty
- Atrast nal tunsha: A formal farewell; translates roughly to "May you always find your way in the dark."
- Atrast vala: A formal greeting; literally "speak" or "Find your tongue."
- Best of the vein: A casual farewell
- Deshyr: Assembly lord
- Duster: A pejorative term for a castless dwarf, referencing their slum home of Dust Town
- Isana: A term for lyrium; literally "singing stone"
- Kal Repartha: "A place where we may meet in peace."
- Kallak: War
- Kalna: A surface dwarf who insists on maintaining their caste and rank
- Kalnath: Family
- Kalnath-par kallak, Kalnath-gat parthas: "Family through war, Family unto peace."
- Partha: Peace
- Salroka: Friend
- Sha-Brytol: "Revered Defenders"
- Stone-blind: A derogatory tern for surface dwarves.
- Thaig: A dwarven colony; generally founded by, and named after, a particular House.
- Time is rusting: "Time is wasting."
- Topside: The surface
- Urtok: Dragon
- Valos Atredum: "The favor of the Ancestors" or "The Ancestor's blessing"
- Veata: "Stop" or "Halt"
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- Aban: Sea
- Aban-Ataashi: "sea dragon"
- Adaar: literally "fire thrower"; a ship with a mounted cannon
- Anaan: Victory
- Antaam: "body"; a name for the Qunari army
- Aqun: Balance
- Aqun-Athlok: one who is "born as one gender but lives like another"
- Ari: no exact meaning; used as a prefix to denote leadership or a suffix to denote a group
- Arigena: one of the governing body; female, leader of the workers
- Ariqun: one of the governing body; female, leader of the priesthood
- Arishok: one of the governing body; male, leader of the army
- Arvaarad: "one who holds back evil"; a Qunari who watches over the saarebas (Qunari mages) and hunts Tal-Vashoth
- Asaara: Wind
- Asaaranda: Thunderstorm
- Asala: Soul
- Asalaa: Helmet
- Ash: "to seek"
- Ashaad: "scout"
- Asit Tal-eb: "The way things are meant to be"
- Ashkaari: "one who seeks" or "one who things"; usually scientists or philosophers amongst the Qun
- Astaarit: "it rises"
- Ataash: Glory
- Ataashi: Dragon; literally "glorious one"
- Ataas shokra: "Glorious struggle"
- Ataash Varin Kata: "In the end lies glory"
- Athlok: Laborer
- Baqoun: a type of cannon or projectile siege weapon
- Bas: literally "thing"; used for things foreign to the Qun, purposeless
- Basra: rude term for non-Qunari people
- Basalit-an: A non-Qunari worthy of respect
- Ben-Hassrath: part of the priesthood who serve as spies and re-educators; enforcers of the Qun law
- Beresaad: literally "those who reach ahead"; the vanguard, send abroad to interact with the outside world. They can serve as diplomats.
- Beres-taar: Shield
- Dathras: Cattle
- Defransdim: Male Genitals
- Ebadim: "They all are"
- Ebasaam: "We all are"
- Ebasit: "It is"
- Ebost: "You all are"
- Ebost Issala: "Return to dust"
- Esaam: "exists" or "can be found:
- Eva: "basic" or "beginner"
- Gaatlok: a black, non-magical explosive powder unique to the Qunari
- Gatt: no exact meaning; a slang term derived from gaatlok referring to temper
- Herah: Time
- Hissera: Hope
- Hissra: Illusion
- Hissrad: "Keeper of Illusions"
- Imekari: Child
- Iss: Experienced
- Issala: Dust
- Isskari: a title for one who retrieves magical artifacts
- Issqun: Mastery
- Itwa-adim: "They all fall"
- Itwa-ost: "You all fall"
- Itwasaam: "We all fall"
- Kaaras: Navigator
- Kabethari: "simple person"; term used for those living in recently conquered lands who haven't been indoctrinated to the Qun yet
- Kadan: literally "where the heart lies"; friend or a "person one cares about"
- Karasaad: mid-rank infantry soldier
- Karashok: infantry private
- Karasten: infantry commander; corporal
- Karataam: infantry latoon
- Kas: suffix denoting a weapon intended for melee
- Kassanda: a carnivorous plant
- Kata: "the end"; death
- Katari: "One who brings death"
- Kathaban: leader of Qunari naval forces; the admiral
- Katoh: "ending" or "achievement"
- Kith: a small military unit; squad
- Kithshok: leader of the Qunari army; a general
- Kost: Peace
- Maraas: "nothing" or "alone"
- Maraas Imekari: "A child bleating without meaning."
- Maraas Kata: "Nothing is ended."
- Maraas-Lok: a kind of strong Qunari alcohol
- Meraad: Tide
- Meravas: "So shall it be"
- Na'thek: "As you wish"
- Nehraa Kadan: "For my brothers"
- Notas: Gauntlet
- Panahedan: Goodbye; literally "Take refuge in safety"
- Parshaara: Enough
- Qalaba: a type of cow that the Qunari breed known for its stupidity
- Qun: The central philosophy of the Qunari peoples
- Qunari: People of the Qun; a religious description, not race specific
- Qunoran Vehi: Mentor; one who is an example to others
- Rasaan: "Emissary" or "chosen heir"
- Rethadim: "They all protect"
- Rethost: "You all protect"
- Rethsaam: "We all protect"
- Saar: Dangerous
- Saarebas: "Dangerous Thing"; the Qunari word and title for their mages
- Saarath: a title/rank among the Saarebas
- Sata-kas: Maul
- Sataa: The world
- Sataari: literally "first guy on the ground"; a type of shock trooper
- Sataareth: literally "that which upholds"; an enforcer
- Shanedan: literally "I'll hear you"; a respectful greeting
- Shok: "War" or "struggle"
- Shokrakar: Rebel
- Sten: infantry platoon commander
- Taam-kas: great axe or battle axe
- Taam-kasari: "the one with the battleaxe"
- Taar: prefix used to describe heavy armor
- Taashath: Calm
- Tal: True
- Tal-Vashoth: "True Grey Ones"; former members of the Qunari who have departed or been exiled from their people. Many are violent rebels and are a menace that raid and pillage human settlements. Others simply want to live their own lives.
- Tamassran: "Those who speak"; a priestess who is charged with educating the young and assign Qunari roles
- Tic: Cold
- Valo-kas: Greatsword
- Vashedan: Crap; literally "trash"
- Vashoth: "Grey Ones"; those of the Qunari race born outside the Qun
- Vat: Fire
- Venak-hol: "Wearying one"; a mild insult
- Viddathari: a convert to the Qun