tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Apr 01 06:36:12 1997
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Re: Another Question
On Mon, 31 Mar 1997, Steven Boozer wrote:
> nuQum mIqIraH:
> |jatlh ChuckGOP:
> |> Also, in a DS-9 episode Worf refers to Kor (John Colicos) as a "Dahar(?)
> |> Master"; is this a form of Klingon martial arts? Is it spelled right?
> |
> |Nobody knows what a Dahar Master is, and it has no transliteration into
> |{tlhIngan Hol} as of yet.
>
> Nobody, that is, but Paramount (and anyone else with access to their
> "Klingon Database" on the official Paramount-sponsored Star Trek Continuum
> website on MSN):
>
> Dahar Master
> A respected Klingon title of combat skill and acumen (pronounced
> "dah-HAWRR"), otherwise undetailed. It was learned by Kor -- and
> possibly Koloth and Kang as well. (Reference: Blood Oath)
>
> "Dahar" thus seems to be another Klingon martial art--in addition to
> moQbara' (Mok'bara) and what Okrand calls tonSaw' ("Klingon fighting"),
> whatever that is. If you *really* want to refer to it in tlhIngan Hol, I
> imagine *DaHar would do.
yabwIjDaq "Dargh pIn" vIQoyta'.
I'd assumed that Dahar Master was simply a survivor of numerous tea
(Dargh) ceremonies, wherein the paticipants drink poisoned tea.