Ok so remember how I spend way too much time thinking about the Arrancars' Zanpakutou?
Well it's been bugging me for a while that all of the (canon) Arrancars' swords have names in both Spanish and Japanese (e.g., Ulquiorra's Murciélago means "bat" in Spanish and "black winged great demon" in Japanese), with exactly one exception.
In Japanese, his Zanpakutou's name means "dragon fist". But as far as I can tell, "Dragra" isn't a Spanish word, nor is it a word in any other Romance language that I could find.
So, being very bored and having some free time while I was doing my laundry, I decided to see if I could find which language, if any, the word came from.
As it turns out, up in northern India resides the Gaddi tribe. It was incredibly difficult to find much about them, but I did find a book about them by Omacanda Hāṇḍā, which, whilst describing a Gaddi dwelling. states the following:
"Each floor has a cantilevered veranda, about one metre wide, running in front. This veranda is known as dragra or behi."
So... that's probably a coincidence, given that the Gaddi language is - according to a census from 2011 - only spoken by 181,000 people. But it is interesting.
I dunno if this means anything to anyone, but I'd kinda like to know what other people think, especially people who know more about this than I do. Thoughts?
