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A list of miscellaneous terminology used on [[Roshar]] not included in the other .
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; [[Alezarv]]: presumably a Knight Radiant{{ref|b|sa1|e|39}}
; [[Askarki]]: {{quote|The Emuli are a certain tribe of the Askarki people, and they're ethnically Makabaki - dark-skinned, like myself. Their kingdom borders my own, and I visited there many times in my youth.|[[Sigzil]]{{ref|b|sa1|c|55}}|}}
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; [[Enthir]]: "a square, stringed instrument"{{ref|b|sa1|epilogue}}; [[Wit]] owned one
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; [[havah]]: "the sleek, silk, one-piece havah that Shallan wore" {{ref|b|sa1|c|8}}▼
; [[gerontarch]]: "A [[Selay]] gerontarch?" [[Szeth]] had to kill one. {{ref|b|sa1|i|6}}
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; [[Hapron Street]]: the street imagined by the beggar in [[Kasitor]]{{ref|b|sa1|i|5}}
▲; [[havah]]: "the sleek, silk, one-piece havah that [[Shallan]] wore" {{ref|b|sa1|c|8}}
; Herdies: That's what [[Lopen]] calls the slaves, bridgemen and such people{{ref|b|sa1|c|59}}
; holetental: "Is of the holetental. For him only," [[Rock]] told the others about [[Kaladin]]'s skills{{ref|b|sa1|c|73}}
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; [[kabers]]: cardgame [[Yalb]] played with some guards in Kharbranth{{ref|b|sa1|c|8}}
; [[kadasix]]: presumably Emuli gods, "If the Prime Kadasix may provide, [[Baxil]] thought"{{ref|b|sa1|i|7}}
; [[Kammar]]: An ancient fighting stance designed to defeat enemies without harming them{{ref|b|sa1|i|1}}
; [[kukori]]: "You speak like a kukori." Szeth said {{ref|b|sa1|i|6}}
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; [[Lifebrother]]: mentioned by Taravangian {{ref|b|sa1|c|71}}
; [[Lightday]]: The end of the Weepings? {{ref|b|sa1|c|44}}
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; [[Maakian]]: Follower of a religion {{ref|b|sa1|c|48}}
; [[Mabrow]]: Mabrow Pigherder, a citizen of Hearthstone {{ref|b|sa1|c|37}}
; [[Mari's Two Lovers]]: A song sung by members of [[Bridge Four]]{{ref|b|sa1|c|27}}
; [[Mederia]]: Rosharan author or place{{ref|b|sa1|c|29}}
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; [[Proving Day]]: A historic event relating to the [[Heralds]]{{ref|b|sa1|c|5}}
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; [[Salas]]: the smallest and dimmest moon of Roshar, violet in color {{ref|b|sa1|c|2}}
; shadowdays: time "years before the Last Desolation" {{ref|b|sa1|c|3}}, "The Desolations had happened during the near-mythical shadowdays" {{ref|b|sa1|c|19}}, "So far as Dalinar understood, they had few pieces of art or writing dating from the shadowdays, The Way of Kings being one of the oldest, and the only complete text. And even it had survived only in translation; they had no copies in the original tongue." {{ref|b|sa1|c|28}}, Derethil was a king during the shadowdays {{ref|b|sa1|c|57}}
; [[Smokestance]]: A sword fighting style{{ref|b|sa1|c|19}}
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; [[takama]]: skirtlike garment {{ref|b|sa1|c|25}} {{ref|b|sa1|c|54}}
; trailman: "Trailman's flute" {{ref|b|sa1|c|57}}
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; wastescum skirmishes: a conflict in the north of [[Alethkar]]?{{ref|b|sa1|6|16}}
; [[Windstance]]: A sword fighting style preferred by [[Dalinar]]{{ref|b|sa1|c|19}}
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; [[Ysperist]]: follower of a religion {{ref|b|sa1|c|48}}
== Notes ==
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