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[ bɑt​ɬ ]
Noun
English: honor
German: Ehre (allgemeine, philosophische Bedeutung, mit Integrität assoziiert)
Spanish: honor
Japanese: 名誉めいよ
Source: TKD (80 KE, 137 EK)
KLCP Level: 1
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The word for the general idea of "honor".

La palabra más general para «honor». 

Abverb
English: honored, with honor
German: ehrenhaft, auf ehrvolle Weise
Spanish: honrado, con honor
Japanese: 名誉あるめいよある, 名誉と共にめいよとともに
Source: TKD (80 KE, 137 EK)
KLCP Level: 2
See Also:
Usage for batlh
batlh maHegh
We will die with honor.
Type: sentence - Source: Conversational Klingon
batlh bIHeghjaj.
May you die well.
Type: proverb - Source: TKW p.71
batlh ghob yIpab.
Adhere to virtue honorably.
Type: proverb - Source: TKW p.47
latlh De'/Additional Information
This maxim, one of several about virtue itself, illustrates the importance of virtue in Klingon society. Not only should one be virtuous ("adhere to virtue"), that is, behave in a way Klingons consider morally righteous, one should take care to honor and respect those values. In other words, one should not merely endorse the values of the society, one should fully embrace their spirit and meaning. The Klingon verb in the expression, "{pab}," is here translated "adhere," bit it is also used to mean "follow," in the sense of following rules, suggesting perhaps that, though not offi- cially laws, virtues should be followed as if they were.
You transact business honorably.
Type: sentence - Source: Power Klingon
It has been an honor to instruct you. Success!
Type: sentence - Source: Power Klingon
Because you care about honor.
Type: sentence - Source: Star Trek Into Darkness
It has been an honor to instruct you. Success.
Type: sentence - Source: Conversational Klingon
A Klingon does not postpone a matter of honor.
Type: proverb - Source: TKW p.67
latlh De'/Additional Information

As several of these saying make clear, nothing is more important to a Klingon than honor. When the Klingon officer Kulge questioned Gowron's leadership abilities, Gowron interrupted a strategy-planning session to engage him in a fight, eventually killing him, even though this delayed necessary planning for an ongoing war. To an outsider, Gowron's priorities might seem skewed, but to a Klingon, he acted properly. Even affairs of the Empire must take a back seat to protecting one's honor.

Honor is more important than life.
Type: proverb - Source: TKW p.53
An honorable death requires no vengeance.
Type: proverb - Source: TKW p.129
Eat everything or you will die without honor.
Type: QI'lop - Source: Power Klingon
My brother, I see your anger,
You might have a chance
To make amends.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
You have both finished
The forms of the mok'bara
Welcome to this place.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
People of Qam-Chee,
The warrior before you
Carries the essence of honor.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
I am honored to meet you,
Sons of Kahnrah,
And who is this?
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
Look me in the eye, Molor,
I gave you my word of honor,
And I will respect it.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
May Kotar be merciful on his spirit,
For no matter his faults, at least
This Klingon brother died with honor.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
Kahless, Kahless, Kahless,
Now forge the bat'leth,
Weapon of pride.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
Brother, on this day I swear
To be honorable and die
In battle, fighting against Molor.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
And if I die,
I do so next to a brave Klingon,
I will at least die with honor!
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
I have kept my word of honor,
And so should you,
Let endless battle and honor await them!
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
I have kept my word of honor,
And so should you,
Let endless battle and honor await him!
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Impact Book
I have kept my word of honor,
And so should you,
Let endless battle and honor await them!
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
Open the gates for us,
I can offer you your house
And your kin will die with honor.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Ground Book
Kahless the unforgettable,
I welcome you in Sto-vo-kor,
For you lived wise and honorable.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Impact Book
So that one day Molor will see
The folly of his treacherous ways,
And embrace the ways of honor.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
Remember and live with honor,
Remember and die with honor,
For who dies honorable, dies well!
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: epilogue
After Kahless’s words, they celebrate,
For they may soon die with honor!
For they may soon be victorious!
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
In battle, you will die with honor,
So you can give yourself to Kotar
As a hero of the Klingon tribes.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
Honor is more important than life,
May your enemies run with fear,
For you are Klingon, we are Klingon.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: epilogue
To make the Klingon people proud
And self-sufficient once more,
And fight with honor!
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
As you see, I have kept my word,
I have built our proud warriors,
A home in the afterlife.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Impact Book
Kahless united the tribes of Kronos,
And provided them with the laws of honor,
He was crowned emperor of the Klingon Empire.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Impact Book
Did you think that my word of honor
Would have carried me this far?
Honor is for those with nothing to lose!
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
Kahless kept his word of honor to Kotar,
After his last words, all were sent away,
But his wife Lukara.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Impact Book
Worf's bat'telh has been in his family for ten generations. According to Klingon legend, this sword of honor descends from the time of Kahless the Unforgettable.
Type: skybox card - Source: Bat'telh, Klingon Sword of Honor (S8)
latlh De'/Additional Information
This marking represents the Klingon Empire and has been emblazoned upon the hulls of countless Klingon Starships. During the aggressive expansion of the Klingon people from their homeworld of Kronos into space, this symbol grew to become as feared throughout the galaxy as the menacing profiles of their battlecruisers.
Type: skybox card - Source: Qo'noS wo' - Empire of Kronos (SP1)
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