[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: parmaq qep

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, May 07, 2025

Klingon word: parmaq qep
Part of speech: noun
Definition: date
Source: qep'a' 27 [2020]
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AFAIK not used in a sentence.

[qep'a' 2020]:  romantic meeting, not a calendar date.  [REQUEST: "as in a romantic or courtship date (or the nearest Klingon equivalent)"]

SEE:
parmaq  	love, romance,  *par'Mach* (n)
qep  		meeting (n)

(KGT 199):  {parmaq}, conventionally translated love or romance (though the Klingon concept is far more aggressive than the Federation Standard translations imply)

(KGT 207):  there are some words that simply do not translate. One must resort to descriptions rather than simple one- or two-word translations, and one must be a quite facile in the language and knowledgeable of the culture to understand the concepts. ... So is {parmaq}, the Klingon term for an aggressive sort of romantic feeling.

TREK NOTES:
  "Klingons do not pursue 'relationships';  we conquer that which we desire." (Worf to Data, TNG "In Theory")

  "She must see the fire in your eyes. [...]  Words come later. It is the scent that first speaks of love." (Worf counseling Geordi on dating, TNG "Transfigurations")

  "This is ridiculous! I'm surrounded by corpses, my shoes are dripping in blood-and you want me to feel romantic?" (Quark to Grilka, with whom he is on a holosuite date re-enacting the legendary Battle of Qam-Chee, DS9 "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places")

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons