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These are the known Afridhi from DA4:
Toska Rusa
Dost Suwat
Gul Hadda
Sher Yakub
Is there any pattern here? Do these names sound Persian at all? Or something else? Liguists, speak up?
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Arabic sounding except "Toska" and Dost
Rusa in Arabic means rice.
I think they are copycat sounds of middleasternish aura, rather than being really drawn on a particular language.
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Aldarron Wrote:I think they are copycat sounds of middleasternish aura, rather than being really drawn on a particular language.
Probably. This gives us something to worth with when coming up with more names though
DungeonDevil Wrote:As I noted in a previous thread the name Afridi comes from Afghanistan. The Khyber Afridis were perhaps the most famous of the tribes encountered by the British in the First and Second Anglo-Afghan Campaigns of the 19th century. The language of that place is Pashtu/Pakhthun/etc. If I were to develop those peoples more in my campaign I would turn to works that detail the Pathân tribes of Afghanistan.
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Good idea
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