Words and phrases in the Orc language. Because orcs are spread across the Realms, note that certain words may come from certain dialects only.
A[]
- arumwon
- lit. "beast brother" (animal companion of rangers of the Stone Tooth Clan of Vaasa)[1]
D[]
- dam ul dam
- "blood for blood" (Stone Tooth Clan of Vaasa)[1]
- dezek
- transgender[2]
- dukhal
- "bastard" (insult) (Stone Tooth Clan of Vaasa)[1]
- duluk
- "beware"[4]
- durgreos (pronounced: /ˈdɜːrˈgrioʊzz/ Dur-GREE-ohzz[5])
- "No quarrel", a greeting and parting used amongst northern orcs.[5]
G[]
- Garug-Mal
- orcs of the Greypeak Mountains[7]
- gubuk
- derogatory term referring to other humanoids such as humans, elves, and halflings[4], closely translated as "soft-skinned people".[8]
K[]
- Kumash damun!
- "Taste the blood!" (Stone Tooth Clan of Vaasa)[1]
M[]
- malwun
- lit. "oathbrother" (term for blood brother among the sacred hunters of the Stone Tooth Clan of Vaasa)[1]
- mal karash
- "oathbreaker" (Stone Tooth Clan of Vaasa)[1]
- Morth al haugh nothok! Bettah al nothokari!
- "Your heart is not that of an orc. It is that of a goblin!" (insult)[10]
N[]
- Neyë
- "Come here" (Stone Tooth Clan of Vaasa)[1]
R[]
- Ragh ala
- "Calm down" (Stone Tooth Clan of Vaasa)[1]
T[]
- tekorriikii
- A word borrowed from the phoenix language, that in the orcish dialect of the Akanapeaks meant "stop that awful racket, you feather-bearing nuisance.[11]
- terruk-ukl
- "giant spider"[12]
U[]
- ugrukh
- "broken bones" (used to refer to those too weak lame to be worthy of an orc's attention)[13][5]
- ukrypt
- home, "home of" (e.g., "Uruth Ukrypt" meaning "home of Uruth")
Z[]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Mark Sehestedt (July 2008). Sentinelspire. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. "A word to the reader. ISBN 978-0-7869-4937-3.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (2021-08-29). How Demihuman Languages Refer to Transgender (Tweet). theedverse. Twitter. Archived from the original on 2021-08-30. Retrieved on 2021-09-13.
- ↑ James Lowder (January 1991). Crusade. (TSR, Inc), chap. 9. ISBN 0-8803-8908-7.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Stormfront Studios (2001). Designed by Mark Buchignani, Ken Eklund, Sarah W. Stocker. Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor. Ubisoft Entertainment.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Ed Greenwood (August 1992). “The Everwinking Eye: Words To The Wise”. In Jean Rabe ed. Polyhedron #74 (TSR, Inc.), p. 14–15.
- ↑ R.A. Salvatore (March 2015). Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 99. ISBN 0-7869-6570-3.
- ↑ Mark Anthony (February 1996). Escape from Undermountain. (TSR, Inc.). ISBN 0-7869-0477-1.
- ↑ Carrie Bebris (2001). Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 4, p. 68. ISBN 0-7869-1387-8.
- ↑ Mike Mearls, et al. (November 2016). Volo's Guide to Monsters. Edited by Jeremy Crawford, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 207. ISBN 978-0786966011.
- ↑ Mark Anthony (February 1996). Escape from Undermountain. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 4. ISBN 0-7869-0477-1.
- ↑ Pauli Kidd (November 1996). The Council of Blades. (TSR, Inc.), p. 34. ISBN 978-0786905317.
- ↑ James Butler, Elizabeth T. Danforth, Jean Rabe (September 1994). “The Stonelands and the Goblin Marches”. In Karen S. Boomgarden ed. Elminster's Ecologies (TSR, Inc), p. 27. ISBN 1-5607-6917-3.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (October 2012). Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster's Forgotten Realms. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 12. ISBN 0786960345.|
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Ed Greenwood (2022-01-08). The Word for Spider Across Languages (Tweet). theedverse. Twitter. Archived from the original on 2022-11-20. Retrieved on 2023-02-21.