Tecyr River:waterway that flows west from the Perikian Mountains toward the sea. Korto City sits on the river a few miles inland. (The Perikian Peninsula was first mentioned in DS9/“The Circle.”)
Tilar:Bajoran peninsula ( DS9: Unity)
Ships
Clarion: Militia Space Guard heavy assault vessel, commanded by Colonel Li Tarka
Eleda: civilian scoutship belonging to the Jas clan, lost in Cardassian space
Glyhrond: Space Guard heavy assault vessel (named after the Bajoran river)
Kaska: civilian light courier belonging to Jekko Tybe
Kylen: civilian scoutship belonging to the Jas clan, part of reprisal fleet
Pajul: civilian scoutship belonging to the Jas clan, part of reprisal fleet
Food & Drink
celatea:hot brewed beverage ( Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Volume Two—Fragments and Omens)
copal: ciderlike beverage
dekatea:hot brewed beverage (DS9/“Wrons Darker than Death or Night”)
hasperat: spicy Bajoran dish, wrapped in a flatbread (TNG/ “Preemptive Strike”)
jumja: confection made from the sap of the jumjatree (DS9/” In the Hands of the Prophets”)
Other
Age of Enlightenment:Bajoran equivalent of the Rennaisance era
bell:a benchmark of time, similar to “o’clock,” as in two-bells, ten-bells, etc.
Chamber of Ministers(aka Council of Ministers): representational body overseeing the governance of Bajor (DS9/“The Homecoming”)
City Watch(aka the Watch):metropolitan police force, a division of the Militia. Ranks in the Watch include watchman, constable, senior constable, inspector, chief inspector, captain, and major.
Dakeeni manta:sea creature common to the Dakeen coastal region (Dakeen Monastery was first mentioned in DS9/“The Collaborator”)
First Minister:elected political world leader of Bajor (DS9/“Shakaar”)
fusionstone:ancient building material ( Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Volume Two—Fragments and Omens)
grass vipers:gray-skinned snakes
hiunaleaf:Bajoran tobacco
kellipate: unit of distance, to linnipates(DS9/” Progress”)
kosst: A swearword or curse derived from Kosst Amojan. (DS9/“The Reckoning”) However, the words’ original meaning was simply “to be.” (DS9/“The Assignment”)
linnipate: unit of distance, roughly two or three meters
lugfish:large, slow, and ugly fish
Lupar’s Summer Tales:a series of popular folk fables
nyawood:type of wood, similar to mahogany
Orb of Truth:one of the Tears of the Prophets, the first Orb taken by the Cardassians. ( DS9/Mission: Gamma, Book Three—Cathedral)
porlifowl:a chickenlike food animal
Space Guard:space naval forces, a division of the Militia
Tears of the Prophets(aka Orbs):mysterious objects that sometimes impart visions or insights upon those who gaze into them (DS9/“Emissary”)
tessipate: unit of area, (DS9/“Progress”)
Tilar’s New Insights:a volume of religious tracts regarding the worship of the Prophets
tyrfox:wily canine predator
Vedek Assembly:council of religious leaders (DS9/“In the Hands of the Prophets”)
Yerrin syndrome:an incurable genetic blood disorder
Religious Ranks
The following is a breakdown of known ranks in the Bajoran religion, as established in various episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,in ascending order.
prylar:a monk
ranjen:a monk specializing in theological study
vedek:a high-ranking priest, typically a regional spiritual leader
kai:the world leader of the Bajoran religion
D’jarra Caste System
Until recent times the Bajorans had a series of castes called D’jarras. This is a rough order of ranking for the ones that have been established so far.
Ih’valla: artists (above Te’nari)(DS9/“Accession”)
Te’nari: unknown, but below Ih’valla(DS9/“Accession”)
Mi’tino: low-ranked merchants and landowners
Va’telo: pilot, sailor, driver, and similar professions
Ke’lora: laborers and lawmen
Imutta: Those who deal with the dead, the “unclean” and lowest-ranking D’jarra(DS9/“Accession”)
APPENDIX II: CARDASSIA
Characters
Dukat, Athra(female) wife of Skrain Dukat
Dukat, Procal(male) an archon in the Cardassian military justice system; the father of Skrain Dukat. (Note: The elder Dukat is listed in some sources as being a military officer, and in others as a justice of the court. Day of the Viperssplits the difference and describes him as a military judge in the Central Command’s equivalent of the JAG office. He was first referred to as “the late Justice Procal” in DS9/“The Die Is Cast”.)
Dukat, Skrain(male) Cardassian military officer who served under Danig Kell during the formal first contact with Bajor, and eventually became prefect of Bajor during the occupation (DS9/“Emissary”; Dukat’s given name was first established in the DS9 novel A Stitch in Time.)
Hadlo(male) a senior priest of the Oralian Way
Hekit(male) a jagul in the Cardassian military
Ico, Rhan(female) non-military xenologist
Kell, Danig(male) commander of the starship Kornairein 2318, later promoted to jagul and placed in charge of Bajoran affairs by Central Command. (DS9/“Civil
Defense”)
Letin, Pasir(male) priest of the Oralian Way
Matrik(male) a glinn serving aboard the Kornairein 2318
Orloc(male) a glinn under Dukat serving aboard the Vandirin 2328
Pa’Dar, Kotan(male) non-military scientist assigned to the first contact mission to Bajor. The Pa’Dar family are all politicians and they disapprove of Kotan’s dalliance with the sciences. (DS9/“Cardassians”)
Seren(female) a follower of the Oralian Way, a former nurse
Tunol(female) Dukat’s second-in-command aboard the Kashaiand later aboard the Vandir
Urad(male) a young follower of the Oralian Way
Places
Corvon:a population center on Cardassia Prime
Ingav:a planet annexed by the Cardassian Union in 2301 ( DS9/Section 31: Abyss)
Tellel Basin:population center on cardassia Prime
Terok:military locational/strategic designation code for the planet Bajor (Terok Nor was established in the DS9 episode “Cardassians” as the original name of the space station that later became Deep Space 9.)
Senmir:population center on Cardassia Prime
Ships
Daikon: starship in service with the Union navy in 2323
Kashai: starship commanded by Skrain Dukat in 2323
Kornaire: Selek-class ship commanded by Danig Kell in 2318 (DS9/“Waltz”)
Selekclass:starship in service with the Union navy, an older-model vessel, not as new as the larger Galorclass
Vandir: Galor-class ship commanded by Skrain Dukat in 2328
Food & Drink