OK, here's the deal: The villain of my story had been named Fertag, but that sounded too much like Murtagh (from Eragon) so I changed it to Zrolla. Since he is from a country that is based off of Tibet, I wanted his name to have some meaning in Tibetan. The closest thing I could find was Dzolha. since Dzo means 'master' and 'Lha' means God. But that could still be hard to pronounce...In Portuguese I know the 'lh' sound isn't hard to pronounce at all; I've used it all the time, but for American readers that might throw them a loop...(Dzol-ha is how English speakers would think it.) Are there any Portuguese or Spanish speakers on here that know the 'lh' sound and want to suggest an alternative? (Think like 'palha' in Portuguese or Spanish) Maybe a double l? Dzolla?
I still don't really like the sound of Dzolla since it sounds too much like Zaciré, which is the name of my MC (I'm averse to using too many Z's), so I'm willing to abandon the meaning of that if I must, but only if I find a better name. I would like one that has Lha in it, or Dzo, since they do have Tibetan meaning, but mostly I just want a name that sounds evil.
UPDATE: I chose 'Srugoz' as the final name...and I'll be using this thread to share a little bit more about the villain, his background, etc.
eruheran
P.S. For those of you in the Character Introduction thread...will it be too confusing if I change my villain name?
But if you don't like the way it sounds, you can try to mix it up a bit... like maybe Dvolla, Dvollar?