Imzadi


 * For the novel, see Imzadi.

Imzadi (pronounced em-ZAH-dee) is a Betazed word most closely translated as "beloved." It is frequently used as a term of endearment. 

Deanna Troi telepathically called Commander William T. Riker "imzadi" upon their first meeting on board the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D). 

Troi and Riker held a conversation about the term and their relationship on the holodeck during a visit from Lwaxana Troi to the Enterprise-D. It was then stated imzadi could be used as well for platonic and for physical love.

Deanna Troi called out imzadi as Riker was being held captive by Armus on Vagra II. 

Troi called Riker imzadi as he lay suffering from the microorganism that had attacked his nervous system. 

Troi called Riker imzadi in her quarters when she was under the influence of the darker thoughts of Ambassador Ves Alkar. 

Riker later called Troi imzadi when she was affected by the two-dimensional lifeforms and as a consequence lost her empathic abilities and became frightened. 

Thomas Riker called Troi imzadi upon seeing her for the first time in eight years. 

While being telepathically violated, Troi flashed back to a conversation with Riker where they discussed being in a relationship while on the same ship. She kept flashing back to this memory, but with Riker's role being replaced by Jev and then Tarmin. 

After playing the trombone for Troi, Riker stated "I knew that I could count on my imzadi – the ship's counselor – to improve my self image."

Riker again called Troi his imzadi when the two became intimate in their quarters on the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) following the first part of their wedding ceremony on Earth. Moments later, during her telepathic mind rape, Troi would again be called imzadi by both Shinzon and his Viceroy. 

Apocrypha
In the novel The Art of the Impossible, Ian Troi and his wife Lwaxana refer to each other as imazdi.

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