tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed May 02 12:37:13 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: Separ (noun)
- From: De'vID <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: Separ (noun)
- Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 15:35:38 -0400
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Steven Boozer wrote:
>> This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, May 2, 2007.
>>
>> Klingon word: Separ
>> Part of Speech: noun
>> Definition: type of gemstone
>
> Used in canon:
>
> let mInDu'Daj; Separmey rur
> Her eyes are hard; they resemble separ
> [i.e. Her eyes are as hard as separ-stones.] KGT
>
> From DS9 "Looking for Par'Mach in All the Wrong Places".
>
> Pun: "sapphire"?
This may just be a coincidence, but the Persian word for "shield" is
"separ".
For an example of a Persian "separ", see, e.g., Figure 20 on the
following page:
http://www.arms-and-armor-from-iran.de/b04_5_gallery_ancient.html
let "separ" 'ej naghboch rur.
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De'vID