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A list of confirmed words in Chirasen, the language of the [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras | Vanadre Chiras]]. For suggestions/additions, please use the Discussion page and include a link to the relevant document the term is used in (or if it is an in-game item/location, enough information that staff can find it for review).

Some words listed below are included as support roots or variants of those found in other published documentation or within the game.

Note: Verbs are listed in both singular and plural conjugations.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" | '''Chirasen Term'''
! scope="col" | '''Translation'''
! scope="col" | '''Roots'''
! scope="col" | '''Originating Documentation'''
! scope="col" | '''Date Introduced'''
! scope="col" | '''Other Info'''
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| adreselan || dawn, morning, literally 'welcoming of the light' || from Chirasen 'adrezo' + Elven 'selan' || Chirasen Lexicon, support root or variant || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| adreza || welcome, hospitality || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| adrezo, adrezal || to welcome, to invite, to show hospitality, to await || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| akhai || now, immediately || Unknown, may have Kannalan or dark elven influence || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| baht || good luck, fortune, or blessing || from Kannalan 'bath' || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| bareva || wind || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| calevo, caleval || to touch, to handle, to feel || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| chiras || favorably mixed, blended, or melded, with a connotation that the end result is greater than the sum of its parts || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 || When used as a proper noun, a common shortening of the Vanadre Chiras culture and individuals belonging thereto.
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| dravan || an augur, one who practices divination || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| dravasi || truth finding, augury, divination || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]]<br>[[Living Wagons of the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 || May be paired with another word related to type/style, e.g. dravasi zinda, dravasi calevo.<br>Also a style of wagon favored by Chirasi augurs.
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| drezo || greetings, hello || from Chirasen 'adreza' || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| hauro || 'dance of hours', a ring folk dance || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 || Used in names of the traditional dances of the Revel of the Winds
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| ivo, ival || to be || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| jilabaht || 'spice-blessing', a blend of spices that varies slightly from van to van || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| khenca || a very short jacket or vest with low or no collar and a curved front opening with little to no fastening || from Chirasen 'khencava' || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 || A traditional component of Chiras dance garb, usually decorated.
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| khencava || a dance or dance event, a party, or a revel || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| khenco, khencal || to dance, to play, to perform || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| khensir || dancer, one who dances || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 || Gendered variants: khensiri (female dancer), khensiro (male dancer)
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| koza || goat || || [[Roltons, Wools, and Cheese of the Land]] || June 2023 || Often in reference to the piebald koza, a long-haired multicolored goat kept by the Chiras for their hair and trained to pull carts.
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| lajni || goodbye, farewell || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| losan || happy, joyful || || Chirasen Lexicon, support root or variant || May 2025 || See variant: vojalos
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| lyaht || bird || from Sylvan 'lyatala' || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| mareht || water || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| nakheva || a technique of knotted and woven cords that form patterns, coarse and at times lace-like, used for jewelry and often incorporating objects like beads and buttons || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 || Chiras version of macrame
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| ne || no || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 || Variant: neso (stronger negative)
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| rakhela || discovery || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| rakho, rakhal || to find, to meet, to discover || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| rimas || harmony, accord || || Chirasen Lexicon, support root or variant || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| ris || changeable, fickle, mutable || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| riso, risal || to change, to transform, to turn, to reverse || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| selajni || dusk, literally 'light-farewell' || from Elven 'selan' + Chirasen 'lajni' || Chirasen Lexicon, support root or variant || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| selanza || (roughly) allowing natural light in || from Elven 'selan' || [[Living Wagons of the Vanadre Chiras]] || December 2025 || A wagon style with clerestory windows or skylights.
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| sevatare || merchant, trader || || Chirasen Lexicon, support root or variant || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| sevto, sevtal || to exchange, to deal, to trade, to do business, to speak with intent || || Chirasen Lexicon, support root or variant || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| sireka || outcome, prospect, destiny, fortune (neutral) || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| solas || non-Chiras ally or friend || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| solaschir || non-Chiras family || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 || This includes non-Chiras adopted into the van and those born of the van who favor their elven or human heritage too much to be deemed in balance by the Sibyllae.
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| sterai || hug, embrace, connection || Elven influence || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| stero, steral || to embrace, to join, to connect, to share || Elven influence || Chirasen Lexicon, support root or variant || May 2025 || In some contexts, may have carnal undertones.
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| stragyra || dice, knucklebones, or carved wooden knots used as game pieces or divination tools || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| svekhenta || sign language the Chiras employ || from Chirasen 'sevto' + 'khenco' || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 || Variant: svekni
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| tiralza || a traditional fresh cheese with herbs || || [[Roltons, Wools, and Cheese of the Land]] || June 2023 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| tuayn || wheel || Kannalan influence || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| va || yes || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 || Variant: vaya (strong affirmative)
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| van || a family or multi-family group of Vanadre Chiras that travel together in wagons and carts || from Common 'caravan' || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| vanadre || traveling companions with nuances of family ties, unity of purpose, and shared burden || from Chirasen 'van' + 'adreza' || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| vara || road, route, path, or direction || from Elven 'var' || Chirasen Lexicon, support root or variant || May 2025 || Variants: vojavara (great road), geldvara (stone road)
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| varayn || a decorated living wagon, a home on wheels, used by the Vanadre Chiras || from Chirasen 'vara' + 'tuayn' || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 || See variant: varveni
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| varveni || a varayn with significant veniom in its hardware to make it lighter and more agile || from Chirasen 'vara' + Common 'veniom' || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| vilaja || the world, everything, everyone || || Chirasen Lexicon, support root or variant || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| vilarimas || literally 'world-accord', a term and concept that encompasses the complexity of living in harmony and symbiosis with others both familiar and foreign || from Chirasen 'vilaja' + 'rimas' || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 || A core tenet of Chiras philosophy. This term has active, energetic connotations that may not be conveyed by the potential passivity of the word 'peace'.
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| voja || great, large, big, excessive || || Chirasen Lexicon, support root or variant || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| vojalos || celebratory, greatly joyful || from Chirasen 'voja' + 'losan' || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| vojo, vojal || to grow, to become greater || || Chirasen Lexicon, support root or variant || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| zalajan || mourning, sorrow, remembrance, final farewell || from Chirasen 'lajni' || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| zeto, zetal || to jump, to leap || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| zinda || card, tile, as in playing cards or marked game pieces || || [[Elanthia's Travelers: the Vanadre Chiras]] || May 2025 ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| ziv||miniature, tiny|| Unknown|| [[Driftglass Fayre of Van Anicola]]||December 2025||Possibly a truncation
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| zivka||see zivtika|| n/a || [[Driftglass Fayre of Van Anicola]]||December 2025||A nickname for zivtika
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| zivtika||literally "miniature stabbing"|| from ziv (miniature) and tika (stab/stabbing)|| [[Driftglass Fayre of Van Anicola]]||December 2025||A type of Chirasi embroidery. Variant: zivka
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| scope="row" role="rowheader"| tika||stabbing|| n/a || [[Driftglass Fayre of Van Anicola]]||December 2025||A term for stabbing/a stab
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imported>GS4-GYRES: Added words from Living Wagons doc.