Bajoran language

General information

• In Bajoran alphabet, phonetic analog to "C" is fourth letter, analog to "E" is seventh letter (DS9 Novel: Avatar, Book One)
• Older form known as Old High Bajoran (DS9 Short Story: "Horn and Ivory"; DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Cathedral)
  • Little used even by c.28,000 BCE (DS9 Short Story: "Horn and Ivory")

Vocabulary

• borhya
  • Ghost, spirit (TNG: "The Next Phase"; DS9 Novel: Avatar, Book One)
• pagh'tem'far
  • Vision bestowed on a person by the Prophets (DS9: "Rapture")

Phrases

• ohalavaru
  • Ohalu's truthseekers (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Cathedral)

Uncertain or absent translation

• Tesra Peldor impatri bren. Bentel vetan ullon sten.
  • Said at conclusion of day's worship (DS9 Novel: Avatar, Book One)