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207 dictionary entries for Zdetl
| Article | Part | Definition | Usage notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ' | Speech Mark | A glottal stop[1] | |
| A | Letter | A vowel in the Zdetl alphabet[2] | |
| Abradlnad | Noun | Zhodani Credit[3] | The Zhodani equivalent of the Imperial Credit |
| Abrr | Adverb | Surprise[4] | |
| Abrr | Noun | Name of Subsector G of Tienspevnekr Sector[5] | |
| Abrstia | Noun | Zhodani equivalent of a Chicken[6] | |
| Achte’ | Verb | To be suspicious or To have a suspicion[7] | |
| Addaxur | Noun | A loan word into Zdetl for the minor race Addaxur[8]. | |
| Adr | Noun | Grasp[9] | e.g. It is within her grasp. |
| Adre’ | Verb | To grasp[10] | |
| Adrnad | Verb | Literally, ‘grasper’ or ‘a person who grasps’.[11] | Has come to apply to hoarders and miserly individuals. |
| Adrtletlvra | Noun | Silent grasp[12] | |
| Ajklia | Adjective | Appears in the megacorporation name Ibr Ajklia Driachobl[13] | |
| Alekre’ | Verb | To Favour[14] | |
| Ataniebl | Noun | Harvest[15] | The season (on Zhdant) to harvest mature crops. |
| Atchafser | Noun | Waning (of the Year)[16] | A period when the hot summer weather breaks and tempers. |
| Atkazdievl | Noun | A calendar date. Marks the date of the first Psionic Games[17]. | A period when the hot summer weather breaks and tempers. |
| Atlthequzastial | Noun | A holiday celebration. Psionic Games[18]. | Lit.Double olympiad day. An additional day added to the Zhodani calendar after Thequzastial every 9 years. |
| Atlthequzdij | Noun | A triple olympiad, or cycle of three Zhodani olympiads, containing 2,200 zhdanstial, equivalent to 2,476.76 standard days.[19] | |
| Atpaipr | Noun | Thaw[20]. | A season of Zhdant. The melting of winter ice and thawing of frozen ground. |
| Atrint | Noun | Rain[21] | A season on Zhdant for spring rains and the planting of crops. |
| Atshtiavl | Noun | Chill[22]. | The freezing winter season (on Zhdant). |
| B | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[23] | |
| Baz | Noun | Barbarian[24] | Also a derogatory term for Imperials |
| Bazi | Adjective | last[25]. | |
| Bazi | Name | Subsector D of Tienspevnekr Sector[26]. | |
| Bl | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[27] | |
| Br | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[28] | |
| Briepl | Verb | To Condemn[29] | |
| Brne’ | Verb | To assemble or To gather together[30] | |
| Brovlekal | Noun | The gas giant occupying Orbit 4 of the Zhdant system. [31] | |
| Ch | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[32] | |
| Chadr Idis | Noun | Sixth Rift | Supersector from 4300 to 4500 parsecs coreward of Zhdant. [33][34] |
| Chak | Exclamation | No[35] | i.e. Negation |
| Chak | Noun | A falsehood[36] | |
| Chak | Noun | A negative answer[37] | |
| Chedle’ | Verb | To guard[38] | |
| Chiadle | Name | Zhodani megacorporation known for farm and factory machinery, robots and vehicles.[39] | |
| Chiakrzi | Noun | Sandstorm[40] | |
| Chinzhe' | Verb | To merit[41] | |
| Choqabr | Noun | Sister[42] | Female sibling with the same mother. |
| Cht | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[43] | Never used as a final consonant in a syllable |
| Chten | Noun | Zhodani Year[44][45] | Equal to 244.44 Zhdanstial, or 275.2 standard days long. See Zhodani calendar for more information. |
| Chtierabl | Name | Consulate province consisting only of one sector of the same name some 250 parsecs coreward of Zhdant[46] | |
| D | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[47] | |
| Dazhia | Noun | Enterprise[48] | General name used for all Zhodani council cruisers |
| Derrida | Noun | Songbird[49] | Name of a class of Zhodani civilian Starships. |
| Divl | Noun | Star[50] | |
| Divl Iadliavr | Noun Phrase | Lit. Star Followers or Stellar Farers[51][52] | Official name for the Fifth Core Expedition |
| Dizh | Noun | Council[53] | i.e. the administrative meeting of those who govern or give advice |
| Diziyanatl | Name | [54] | Famous Army lift-infantry commander from the Second Frontier War; Name of a Zhodani Grav AFV |
| Dl | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[55] | |
| Dlabre' | Verb | To be related by function or purpose[56] | |
| Dlemstiats | Noun | Asteroid[57] | |
| Dlemstiats Tsiaqr | Name Phrase | Asteroid Belt[58] | Lit. Asteroid Halo |
| Dlenchiepr | Noun | Intendant[59] | Lowest rank of the Zhodani Nobility. A Zhodani Noble title equivalent to an Imperial Gentleman. They are determined by the citizen's psionic potential during childhood, wherein they are trained up into a sort of psi-based caste.[60] In characteristic terms, Intendants are around Social Standing 10[61] |
| Dleqiats | Name | [62] | The larger of Zhdant's two continents |
| Dleqiatsz | Noun | A native of Dleqiats[63] | |
| Dliant | Name | A Prole name in the Zhodani Consulate[64] | |
| Dliantiepr | Name | An Intendant's name in the Zhodani Consulate[65] | Based on the Prole name Dliant |
| Dlolprikl | Name | [66] | Capital of the Zhodani Consulate |
| Dore' | Verb | To decree[67] | |
| Dr | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[68] | |
| Draits | Verb | To land safely; | |
| Dranzhrin | Noun | Sunbright[69]. | A holiday on Zhdant. The Vernal-Equinox. Between Vrienstial and Atchafser |
| Dranzhrinatch | Noun | Sunflight[70]. | A holiday on Zhdant. It falls between the seasons of Vrienstial and Atchafser. |
| Dranzinqabr | Name | [71] | The Zhodani development company that developed their working prototype of the jump drive. |
| Driachobl | Noun | Appears in the megacorporation name Ibr Ajklia Driachobl[72] | |
| Driant | Noun | A representative[73] | often translated as Consul when referring to the members of the Driantia Zhdantia |
| Driantia | Noun | Consulate[74] | Lit. "Governments led by representatives"[75] |
| Driejabr | Noun | Brother [76] | |
| Dzagtlas | Noun | Plague[77] | The combined plagues which devastated Zhodani civilisation and left the Qiknavrats and Viepchaklts extinct. |
| Dzhagak | Noun | A large carrion eater from Zhdant [78] | |
| E | Letter | A vowel in the Zdetl alphabet[79] | |
| Echtovr | Adjective | Ambitious [80] | |
| Echtovr Dazhia | Phrase | Ambitious Enterprise[81] | |
| Emkachdraf | Name | 6th satellite of Pliebr[82] | |
| Erdriad Erdriap | Phrase | Literally, ‘controller of controllers’. The Ancient artefact that controls the settings of the Erdriap Chensh.[83] | |
| Erdriap | Noun | A Controller[84] | e.g. Erdriap Chensh |
| Erdriap Chensh | Phrase | Literally, ‘controller of wills’. The Ancient artefact that devastated the central subsectors of Zdiedeiant Sector in the −5200s.[85] | |
| Evadutrats | Name | A Tribe of Chirpers[86] | Found only on Evaduts Brem |
| F | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[87] | |
| Fevranzhtavr | Noun | The Book of Morality[88]. | See also Tavrziansh |
| Fevranzhtavrchedl’ | Noun | Guardians of the book,[89]. | See Tavrziansh |
| Fevranzhvlastavr | Noun | Literally, ‘the book of superior morality’. Revised version of the Fevranzhtavr used by the religious dictatorship on Batlpat (1326 Ziafrplians).[90] | |
| Fienzhatshtiavl | Noun | Literally, ‘yonder, chilling thought’. Phenomenon discovered by the Seventh Core Expedition.[91] | |
| Fl | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[92] | |
| Flietavrian | Noun | A state of Union with Tavarian[93]. | See also Tavrziansh |
| Fr | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[94] | |
| Fronzh | Verb | Literally, ‘to lay waste’.[95] | |
| Fronzhatlivr | Noun | Wasteland[96] | Refers to all territory Coreward of the Consulate proper and includes the provinces of Obrefripl, Chtierabl and Vlanchiets Qlom. |
| I | Letter | A vowel in the Zdetl alphabet[97] | |
| Ia | Letter | A vowel in the Zdetl alphabet[98] | |
| Iabrensh | Name | A Consular Province[99] | |
| Iadliavr | Noun | Lit. Farer[100] | One who travels |
| Iadr | Adverb | Following[101] | Also used to translate the Galactic Direction of ‘Trailing’ |
| Iavchieql | Name | Name of a class of G-Carrier[102] | |
| Ibr | Pronoun | Appears in the megacorporation name Ibr Ajklia Driachobl[103] | |
| Ichfench | Noun | The Ancients[104] | |
| Ie | Letter | A Vowel in the Zdetl alphabet[105] | |
| Iebr | Noun | Conquest[106] | Official name for the Third Core Expedition |
| Ivr | Noun | Land[107] | |
| J | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[108] | |
| Jadlapriants | Name | Name of a Consulate Province[109] | |
| Jadse’ | Verb | To carry a message[110] | |
| Jd | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[111] | Not used as the final consonant in a syllable |
| Jdatl | Noun | Range[112] | An area of land or space |
| Jdatle’ | Verb | To Range Across[113] | |
| Jdie’ | Verb | To be born[114] | |
| Jdiprzhdil | Name | The name of a specific large estate on Zhdant[115] | |
| Jdistebr | Noun | Wellborn | A Zhodani Noble rank equivalent of an Imperial Baron[116] |
| Jiavr | Noun | A benefit[117] | |
| K | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[118] | |
| Kaz | Verb | To Civilise[119] | |
| Kaz | Noun | Opposite of Baz[120] | i.e. a member of civilised society |
| Kazdievlstial | Noun | Thanksgiving[121]. | A holiday on Zhdant. This is between the seasons of Ataniebl and Atshtiavl |
| Kia | Noun | Used as the name of a common 50 dTon fighter in the consular navy[122] | |
| Kiatl | Noun | An Attack[123] | |
| Kl | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[124] | |
| Kr | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[125] | |
| Kredl | Noun | A Domesticated Creature from Zhodane akin to Terran Cattle.[126] | |
| L | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[127] | |
| Lienj | Noun | Wind[128] | |
| Lienjshiaflaa | Noun | The name of a famous seasonal wind pattern on Zhodane | Used as the name of the Lienjshiaflaa class Patrol Corvette[129] |
| M | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[130] | |
| Makarin | Noun | A trading combine that operated in the trailing frontiers of the Zhodani Consulate between –2800 and –1800.[131]. | |
| Meqlemianz | Noun | Consulate province.[132]. | |
| N | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[133] | |
| Nch | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[134] | Not used as the initial consonant of a syllable |
| Nj | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[135] | Not used as the initial consonant of a syllable |
| Ns | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[136] | Not used as the initial consonant of a syllable |
| Nsh | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[137] | Not used as the initial consonant of a syllable |
| Nsobl | Noun | Appears in the province name "Iadr Nsobl"[138] | |
| Nt | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[139] | Not used as the initial consonant of a syllable |
| Nts | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[140] | Not used as the initial consonant of a syllable |
| Nz | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[141] | |
| Nzh | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[142] | Not used as an initial consonant in a syllable |
| O | Letter | A vowel in the Zdetl alphabet[143] | |
| P | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[144] | |
| Pl | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[145] | |
| Plavokavl | Noun | Windblown fragments, smithereens[146] | Refers to postwar refugees streaming out of the coreward war devastated regions of the former Zhodani Consulate. They usually have developed cultural practices that have deviated from the Zhodani mainstream because of their exposure to societal breakdown. |
| Plevianeqr | Name | A Prole name in the Zhodani Consulate[147] | |
| Pr | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[148] | |
| Pranatl | Noun | Aspirant[149] | A Zhodani Noble rank equivalent of an Imperial Knight |
| Preblshienchiashav | Noun | Princelyborn[150] | A Zhodani Noble rank equivalent of an Imperial Duke |
| Preqlainz | Noun | Province[151] | One of eight divisions of the Zhodani Consulate. |
| Q | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[152] | |
| Qenzh | Name | A Zhodani Prole name[153] | |
| Qiknavrats | Noun | People of Qiknavra[154] | See Qiknavrats |
| Ql | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[155] | Not used as an initial consonant in a syllable |
| Qlomdlabr | Noun | The Supreme Council of the Zhodani Consulate[156] | The highest council in the Zhodani government, which meets on Zhdant. n.b. Spelt Q.l.o.m.dl.a.br not Ql.o.m.dl.a.br. |
| Qr | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[157] | |
| R | Letter | A vowel or consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[158] | |
| Rid | Verb | To Sing[159] | |
| Rid | Adjective | Singing[160] | |
| Rint | Noun | Rain[161] | |
| Rotletsatl | Noun | A Journey[162] | Official name for the First Core Expedition |
| S | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[163] | Not used as a final consonant in a syllable |
| Sh | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[164] | |
| Shidr | Noun | Season[165] | Atrint (Raining); Vrienstial (Heat); Atchafser (Waning); Ataniebl (Harvest); Atshtiavl (Chill); Atpaipr (Thaw). Plus Holidays: Dranzhrin (Sunbright); Viepchaklstial (Moon Day); Dranzhrinatch (Sunflight); Kazdievlstial (Thanksgiving); Thequzastial (Olympiad Day); Atlthequzastial (Double Olympiad Day) |
| Sht | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[166] | Not used as the initial consonant of a syllable |
| Shtelke | Name | A Prole name in the Zhodani Consulate[167] n.b. Spelling is Sh.t.e.l.k.e not Sht.e.l.k.e. | |
| Soprshans | Noun | Uprooted or Removed from home[168] | Refers to the first generations of Zhodani refugees that streamed across the Regency/Zhodani frontier during the period of 1201 to 1205. By 1248 they were in their third generation, and most had assimilated to the point of being indistinguishable from their Imperial culture neighbours. Partly responsible for the "Zhodani" features now commonplace in the Commonwealth's Society. |
| St | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[169] | Not used as the final consonant in a syllable |
| T | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[170] | |
| Tavarian | Noun | Universal Energy Field (Philosophical Concept)[171]. | See also Tavrziansh |
| Tavrchedl' | Noun | "Guardians of Our Morality"[172] | A law enforcement branch of the Zhodani Government |
| Tavrziansh | Noun | Morality’s path,[173]. | Official Zhodani religious-philosophy |
| Thequzastial | Noun | Olympiad Day[174]. | A holiday on Zhdant between Atshtiavl and Atpaipr only every third year. |
| Thequzdij | Noun | Olympiad[175]. | See also Tleqazdijdiet |
| Tl | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[176] | |
| Tlatl | Noun | Throwing Blade[177] | Used as the name for a class of naval fighter |
| Tleqazdijdiet | Noun | Zhodani Olympiad: Three Zhodani years (each approximately .75 standard years)[178] | See also Thequzdij An Olympiad is used to denote the period from one set of Psionic Games to the next and is used in the Zhodani calendar to mark dates, which are further subdivided by year, season, and day. n.b. a Terran Olympiad was 4 Terran years. |
| Tliaqre' | Verb | To grind grain[179] | |
| Tliaqrnad | Name | A Prole surname in the Zhodani Consulate[180] | |
| Tliaqrnad | Noun | Miller of grain[181] | |
| Tlorafrvile | Noun | A Returning Journey[182] | Official name for the Second Core Expedition |
| Tozjabr | Noun | The eye and the hand in accord[183] | Name of a secret service agency of the Zhodani Consulate |
| Ts | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[184] | |
| Tsiaqr | Noun | Halo[185] | Used in Dlemstiats Tsiaqr to denote the halo of asteroids about a star. |
| V | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[186] | |
| Viepchakl | Noun | Single natural satellite of Zhdant.[187] | |
| Viepchaklstial | Noun | Moon Day[188]. | A holiday on Zhdant. It falls between the seasons of Atrint and Vrienstial. |
| Viepchaklts | Noun | Chirpers | Literally, ‘people of Viepchakl’. The Droyne/Chirper race which lived on Viepchakl until the Dzagtlas made them extinct.[189] |
| Viestlas | Noun | Highborn[190] | A Zhodani Noble rank equivalent of an Imperial Marquis |
| Vl | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[191] | |
| Vr | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[192] | |
| Vrienstial | Noun | Heat[193] | A season on Zhdant: the hot season of the summer |
| Y | Letter | A vowel in the Zdetl alphabet[194] | Never the final consonant in a syllable |
| Z | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[195] | |
| Zar | Noun | Trek[196] | |
| Zd | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[197] | Not used as a final consonant in a syllable[198] |
| Zdebr | Noun | Used as the name of a common 400 dTon trader[199] | |
| Zdetl | Noun | Name of the current most prevalent Zhodani Language[200] | |
| Zh | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[201] | |
| Zhajipile | Noun | A small animal native to Zhdant. It has some chameleon capability[202]. Loan word from a Pre-Zdetl language (See Zjipyli) re-scripted into modern Zdetl [203] | |
| Zhant’ad | Noun | Workers of the land[204] | |
| Zhd | Letter | A consonant in the Zdetl alphabet[205] | Not used as the final consonant in a syllable |
| Zhdanstial | Noun | Zhodani day[206][207] | the time it takes for Zhdant to rotate once on its axis. It is equivalent to 1.12587 standard days or 27.02 standard hours. See Zhodani calendar for more information. |
| Zhdant | Noun | Zhodani Homeworld[208] | Second satellite of Pliebr[209] |
| Zhdantia | Noun | The Zhodani People[210] | |
| Zhdantpreql | Name | The name of the Ancient city built on the Qiknavra continent and destroyed during The Final War.[211] | |
| Zhdanzhdanstial | Noun | The six major holidays of the Zhodani Calendar[212] | |
| Zhdatl | Noun | Learning[213] | |
| Zhdeshtede | Noun | Consularists[214] | Official name for the Sixth Core Expedition |
| Zhdiblivlits | Noun | Final Conquest of the Frontier[215] | Official name of the Fourth Core Expedition |
| Zhdits | Noun | Name of a relatively unsuccessful class of 400-dTon destroyer escorts.[216] | |
| Zhdotlas | Adjective | Supreme[217] | |
| Zhobrdievl | Noun | One raised to nobility[218] | |
| Zhobrtlasche' | Noun | Nobleborn: A Zhodani Noble rank equivalent of an Imperial Count[219] | |
| Zhobrtlasche’ | Noun | Noble Born[220] | Equivalent of an Imperial Count |
| Zhodanizar | Noun | Zhodani Trek[221] | Official name for the Seventh Core Expedition |
| Ziefrabr | Noun | Mother[222] | |
| Zjipyli | Noun | A small animal native to Zhdant. It has some chameleon capability[223]. |
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