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| − | '''Khorchin''' is a dialect spoken by the people of the planet [[Chogoris]], notably the [[Space Marines]] of the [[White Scars]].{{Fn|1}} | + | '''Khorchin''' is a dialect of [[Low Gothic]] spoken by the people of the planet [[Chogoris]], notably the [[Space Marines]] of the [[White Scars]].{{Fn|1}} |
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Khorchin is a dialect of Low Gothic spoken by the people of the planet Chogoris, notably the Space Marines of the White Scars.[1]
Known Words
- Ayanga - "the Lightning Tower, the White Scars Librarium".[3]
- Berkut - "a breed of raptor native to Chogoris".[3]
- Busad - "a White Scar's personal chamber".[3]
- Chinyua - "a type of Chogorian wine".[3]
- Emchi - "a White Scars Apothecary".[3]
- Guan Dao - "a power lance".[3]
- Hain - "Ork".[2]
- Jazag - "the laws of the nomad tribes of Chogoris".[3]
- Kachan - "strange or uncanny".[3]
- Karaoghlanlar - "Dark Sons of Death, formation within the White Scars during the Horus Heresy".[3]
- Khoomei - "traditional Chogorian throat singing".[3]
- Khorchin - "the variation of Gothic spoken on Chogoris, sometimes known as Chogorian".[3]
- Khum Karta - "the mountains that scrapes the stars, the mountain range where the White Scars fortress-monastery is based".[3][4b]
- Kindjal - "a knife".[3]
- Mathuli - "irresistible force, nickname for the army that Jaghatai led before the Emperor".[4a]
- Minghan - "Brotherhood".[1]
- Ordu - "archaic term for a White Scars company".[3]
- Plain Zhou - "the Chogorian steppes".[3]
- Quan Zhou - "the White Scars fortress-monastery".[3]
- Tulan - "a training corridor".[3]
- Türüch - "a rank equivalent to sergeant".[3]
- Ulzi - "a knotwork pattern representing the Eternal Labyrinth, the inescapable nature of fate".[3]
- Yaksha - "daemon".[3]
- Zadyin Arga - "a Stormseer, the White Scars Librarians".[3]
- Zart - "human serfs serving the White Scars".[3]
Trivia
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- Khorchin is the name of a variety of Mongolian spoken by a group of Mongols who live predominantly in the northeastern Inner Mongolia of China.
Sources
- 1: Brotherhood of the Storm (Novella) - Legacies of Betrayal (Anthology), I. Shiban
- 2: Scars (Novel), Chapter One
- 3: The Last Hunt (Novel), Chogorian Lexicanum (before Prologue), pgs. 8-9
- 4: White Dwarf 257 (UK):
