Calishite (Cal-a-shite)
Overview
Calishite was the name given to the majority of humans who came from the Empire of Calimshan. After emerging in large numbers from the shelters beneath the city of Daraqadim, their culture and traditions surviving the Calamity alongside them, they quick picked the pieces of their civilization back up and started their cultural dominance over the central Ekrunian regions.Calishite Names
Calishite names follow a fairly rigid format in general. First comes a person’s title or titles, then their personal name, then the name of his parents and his house. Daughters are always identified in relation to their mothers by the word yr linking their names. Sons are identified to their father’s name, unless their mother is more well known and linked using the word yn. The word el or al links a person’s name and their parent’s name to their family name. Slaves are often allowed to keep their own personal names but have the name of the family or person that owns them added to their name with the word adh. Example : Ariana yr Tora el Bakran is the daughter of Tora in the Bakran family. Example : Chawal Kalil yn Nur el Jibril is a lieutenant (chawal) in the military first and foremost, after which is the son of Nur of House Jibril. Example : Tagar the wanderer from Zobeck is captured and taken to Calimport, sold to Chawal Kallil, and his name in Calimshan becomes Tagar adh Kalil (if a personal slave) or Tagar adh Jibril (if a general house or estate slave). Many examples exist of people from Calimshan whose names do not conform to this format. There are a number of reasons for this problem, the largest of which is, as many have put it “innate addle-pated nature of the barbarians of the north and east, which does not allow them to accurately recall a name that has more than two syllables or even tell a tale more than a minute long without an error”. Secondly, when a falling out occurs, a person often follows his or his personal name with just the family name (Fatim al Bajidh) or merely adopts the name of his or her birthplace or residence linked to their with a word meaning “from” (Fatim yi Calimport). Many devout priests change their surnames to those of their gods when ordained into their priesthoods. In doing this, they do not dishonor their families, but rather they honor their deities. This practice is almost exclusively limited to Calishite clergy. Common Calishite Names (Feminine): Abiya, Adiva, Amber, Ara, Asfora, Baraka, Bitisib, Catahra, Fadila, Farija, Hala, lamar, Kadila, Mariam, Melek, Meriel, Munaa, Nada, Nureh, Oma, Rabi, Sabira, Saida, Samar, Sarsora, Shunnari, Tarub, Thuravya, Zahrah, and Zenobia Common Calishite Names (Masculine): Aban, Abbakar, Abbas, Abon, Amun, Asraf, Bollus, Butrys, Daud, Fahd, Faruk, Hakiim, Harun, Hassan, Jabal, Jafar, Kadar, Kalil, Kharyi, Malik, Maryn, Muham, Nadim, Nur, Rahimat, Saibh, Sarsor, Tahyr, Tasyn, and Yusuf
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