Imzadi

A word from the science-fiction television series Star Trek The Next Generation, Imzadi is a noun from the Betazoid language that is used as a term of endearment. Strictly translated, it means "beloved". The word was first used in "Encounter at Farpoint", the first episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, to establish the fact that Counselor Deanna Troi of Betazed and First Officer William Riker had once been romantically involved.

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This initial affair was often alluded to but few details were revealed on the television series. Peter David's novel Imzadi detailed their courtship and indicated that imzadi has connotations that the person so addressed is one's first or only sexual partner. (It should be noted, however, that according to Paramount Pictures policy, information from licensed material such as novels is not considered part of official canon). The novel also takes a look at a possible future in which Troi has died and Riker violates a number of Federation laws in his quest to travel back through time and prevent her death.

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Later, after Troi became romantically involved with Lt. Worf, David penned a sequel, Imzadi II: Triangle. However, after The Next Generation ended, Worf was reassigned to the space station , where he married science officer Jadzia Dax; furthermore, Riker and Troi married during the movie '. David has not announced plans for a third Imzadi novel, although both Imzadi novels were re-released in a collection entitled Imzadi Forever.

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