andor

place name. Land of Gift

A name of Númenor meaning “Land of Gift” (S/260). It is a compound of anna “gift” and -ndor “land”.

Conceptual Development: This name appeared in the earliest tales of Númenor (LR/19). In earlier writings, it often appeared in an extended form: ᴹQ. Andóre (SD/247, 305).

Elements

Word	Gloss
anna	“gift, (orig.) thing handed, brought or sent to a person, gift, (orig.) thing handed, brought or sent to a person, *present”
-ndor	“land, country”

Andórë

land of gift

Andórë noun full form of Andor, "land of gift", name of Númenor (SD:247)

tára

lofty

tára (1) adj. "lofty". (SA:tar, LT1:264, TĀ/TA3 (AYAK, TÁWAR), VT45:6), "tall, high" (WJ:417). Compare antara. Adverb táro in an early "Qenya" text (VT27:20, 26). The adj. tára is not to be confused with the continuative form of the verb #tar- "stand".

taer

lofty

adj. lofty. Q. tāra.

taer

adjective. lofty, lofty, *high

Cognates

• Q. tára “lofty, tall, high” ✧ PE17/186; PE17/186

Derivations

• √TĀ/TAƷ “high, high, [ᴹ√] lofty; noble” ✧ PE17/186
• ✶tagra ✧ PE17/186
  • √TĀ/TAƷ “high, high, [ᴹ√] lofty; noble” ✧ PE17/186

Element in

• S. Targon

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶tagra > taer	[taɣra] > [tagra] > [taɣra] > [taira] > [tair] > [taer]	✧ PE17/186

raud

lofty

adj. lofty. Q. rāta. >> arod, taer

brand

lofty

(high, noble, fine), lenited vrand, pl. braind

arth

lofty

1) arth (noble, exalted), pl. erth, 2) brand (high, noble, fine), lenited vrand, pl. braind, 3) orchall (superior, eminent), pl. erchail (for archaic örchail), 4) taur (also tor-, tar- in compounds) (high, sublime, noble; vast, masterful, mighty, overwhelming, huge, awful), lenited daur, pl. toer. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also ”great wood, forest”.

arth

lofty

(noble, exalted), pl. erth

taur

lofty

(also tor-, tar- in compounds) (high, sublime, noble; vast, masterful, mighty, overwhelming, huge, awful), lenited daur, pl. toer. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also ”great wood, forest”.

orchall

lofty

(superior, eminent), pl. erchail (for archaic örchail)

abarzâyan

place name. Land of Gift

A draft Adûnaic name for the “Land of Gift”, later replaced by Yôzâyan (SD/388). Its final element is zâyan “land”. Its initial element seems to be abâr, which also appeared in its predecessor Zen’nabâr. If so, then abâr probably meant “gift” at this stage, though its later meaning was “strength, endurance, fidelity”.

Changes

• Abarzâyan → Yôzâyan ✧ SD/388
• Abarzâyan → Yôzâyan “Land of Gift” ✧ SDI2/Abarzâyan

Elements

Word	Gloss
abâr	“strength, endurance, fidelity”
zâyan	“land”

amatthânê

place name. Land of Gift

A draft Adûnaic name for the “Land of Gift”, later replaced by Zen’nabâr (SD/378). A variant of this name reappeared later as Amatthâni, the Adûnaic name for the Blessed Realm.

Changes

• Amatthânê → Zenn’abâr “Land of Gift” ✧ SD/378
• Amatthânê → Amatthâni “Land of Gift” ✧ SD/388
• Amatthânê → Zen’nabâr “Land of Gift” ✧ SDI2/Amatthânê

athânâtê

place name. Land of Gift

The first-draft Adûnaic name for the “Land of Gift”, later replaced by Amatthânê (SD/312).

Changes

• Athānātē → Amatthânê ✧ SD/378
• Athânâte → Amatthânê “Land of Gift” ✧ SDI2/Athânâte
• Athânâti → Amatthânê ✧ SDI2/Athânâte

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Andóre “Land of Gift” ✧ SD/305

Element in

• Ad. ēphal ēphalek īdōn athanātē “far far away is now the Land of Gift” ✧ SD/312

Variations

• Athānāti ✧ SD/305
• athanātē ✧ SD/312
• Athānātē ✧ SD/378 (Athānātē)
• Athânâte ✧ SDI2/Athânâte (Athânâte)
• Athânâti ✧ SDI2/Athânâte (Athânâti)

yôzâyan

place name. Land of Gift

This is the Adûnaic equivalent of Q. Andor “Land of Gift”, one of the names given to the land of Númenor (UT/184, SD/241). Its final element is zâyan “land”, so its initial element ✱yô most likely means “gift”. Conceptual Development: Tolkien experimented with many variations on this name before settling on Yôzâyan. The development seems to have been Athânâtê >> Amatthânê >> Zen’nabâr >> Abarzâyan >> Yôzâyan, all of which were glossed “Land of Gift”.

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Andóre “Land of Gift” ✧ SD/241

Element in

• Ad. êphalak îdô Yôzâyan “far away now (is) the Land of Gift” ✧ SD/247

Elements

Word	Gloss
yô	“gift”
zâyan	“land”

Variations

• Yōzāyan ✧ SD/241; SD/247; VT24/12

zen’nabâr

place name. Land of Gift

A draft Adûnaic name for the “Land of Gift”, later replaced by Abarzâyan (SD/378). Its initial element zen is a draft name for “land” also seen in the draft name Zen’namân for the Blessed Realm. Its final element seems to be abâr, joined to the first element with an elided form of the genitive prefix an- “of”. If so, then at the time abâr may have meant “gift”, but its later meaning was “strength, endurance, fidelity”.

Changes

• Zenn’abâr → Zen’nabâr “Land of Gift” ✧ SD/378
• Zen’nabâr → Abarzâyan ✧ SD/378
• Zen’nabâr → Abarzâyan “Land of Gift” ✧ SDI2/Zen’nabâr
• Zenn’abâr → Zen’nabâr ✧ SDI2/Zen’nabâr

Elements

Word	Gloss
zen	“land (draft)”
an-	“of; genitive/adjectival prefix”
abâr	“strength, endurance, fidelity”

Variations

• Zenn’abâr ✧ SD/378; SDI2/Zen’nabâr (Zenn’abâr)

brand

adjective. lofty, noble, fine

brand

adjective. high (in size)

brann

adjective. lofty, noble, fine

brann

adjective. high (in size)