Use batlh for the inner idea of honor, integrity, and principles. Use quv for reputation or being honored, and pop for a reward or formal recognition.
Use batlh for the inner idea of honor, integrity, and principles. Use quv for reputation or being honored, and pop for a reward or formal recognition.
| Incorrect | Correct |
| quv Daghaj. | batlh Daghaj. |
| bIbatlh. | bIquv. |
| batlh SuvwI'. | SuvwI' quv. |
Use batlh before the verb as an adverbial: batlh Suv means fights honorably. Do not use quv in that adverbial slot.
| Incorrect | Correct |
| SuvwI' batlh Suv. | batlh Suv SuvwI'. |
| batlh vISuv. | batlh jISuv. |
| quv Suv SuvwI'. | batlh Suv SuvwI'. |
Use batlh for the moral principle itself and for doing something honorably. Keep it distinct from quv, public honor or reputation, and pop, an honor in the sense of a prize or recognition.
bIbatlh treats the noun as a verb, but Klingon uses quv for be honored or be honorable.
Listed in The Klingon Dictionary as an adverbial meaning honored, with honor, or honorably, and as a noun meaning honor. HolQeD describes the noun as the broader philosophical concept tied to integrity, rectitude, scruples, and principles.