Anthony Appleyard Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 In the real world, the Dothraki title "Khal" may have been inspired by some words or names in Middle-Eastern languages: compare: (1) The common Arabic man's name Khalid or Khaled (2) See https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Khalistan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumHam Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 6 minutes ago, Anthony Appleyard said: In the real world, the Dothraki title "Khal" may have been inspired by some words or names in Middle-Eastern languages: compare: (1) The common Arabic man's name Khalid or Khaled (2) See https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Khalistan I always figured it was a tweek of Khan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narsil4 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 It may have it's origin in Tolkien's Elvish, which is partly based on real languages. https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-1269902703.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowy Tends Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 A khan is a chief, a leader in different languages/cultures (Mongols, Tatars, Turkoman, Persian…) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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