Quenya 

aran

king

aran noun "king"; pl. arani (WJ:369, VT45:16, PE17:186); gen.pl. aranion "of kings" in asëa aranion, q.v.; aranya "my king" (aran + nya) (UT:193). Aran Meletyalda "king your mighty" = "your majesty" (WJ:369); aran Ondórëo, "a king of Gondor" (VT49:27). Also in arandil "king's friend, royalist", arandur "king's servant, minister" (Letters:386); Arantar masc. name, "King-Lord" (Appendix A); Arandor "Kingsland" region in Númenor (UT:165); the long form Arandórë appears as a name of Arnor in PE17:28 (elsewhere Arnanórë, q.v.) Othercompounds ingaran, Noldóran, Núaran, q.v.

aran

noun. king

Cognates

  • S. aran “king, lord, chief, (lit.) high or noble person, king, lord, chief, (lit.) high or noble person; [N.] lord (of a specific region)” ✧ PE17/147

Derivations

  • RĀ/ARA “noble, high, royal” ✧ PE17/118
  • ARAN “good, excellent, noble” ✧ PE17/147

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ARA > aran[aran]✧ PE17/118
ARAN > aran[aran]✧ PE17/147

Variations

  • Aran ✧ MR/121 (Aran); PE17/147; WJ/369; WJ/369; WJ/369
Quenya [LotR/0864; LotRI/Asëa aranion; MR/121; PE17/049; PE17/100; PE17/118; PE17/147; PE17/186; PE22/158; VT49/27; WJ/369] Group: Eldamo. Published by

haran

king, chieftain

haran (#harn-, as in pl. harni) noun "king, chieftain" (3AR, TĀ/TA3, VT45:17; for "king", the word aran is to be preferred in LotR-style Quenya). In a deleted entry in the Etymologies, haran was glossed "chief" (VT45:17)

taran

king

taran (1) noun "king", possibly ephemeral variant of aran, q.v. (PE17:186)

vardar

king

vardar noun "king" (LT1:273; rather aran in LotR-style Quenya)

-on

name

-on gen.pl. ending (3O), in aldaron, aranion, elenion, Eldaron, #esseron, Ingweron, Istarion, Númevalion, Quendion, Silmarillion, Sindaron, tasarion (see Nan-Tasarion), Valion, wenderon, yénion. Normally the ending -on is added to the nominative plural, whether it ends in -i or -r, but some nouns in -ë that would have nominative plurals in -i seem to prefer the ending -ron in the genitive (hence #esseron as the gen. pl. of essë "name", though the nominative pl. is attested as essi and we might have expected the gen. pl. *ession; similarly wenderon, Ingweron).

-tar

king

-tar or tar-, element meaning "king" or "queen" in compounds and names (TĀ/TA3), e.g. Valatar; compare the independent nouns tár, tári. Prefix Tar- especially in the names of the Kings and Queens of Númenor (e.g. Tar-Amandil); see their individual names (like Amandil in this case), cf. also Tar-Mairon "King Excellent", title used by Sauron (PE17:183). Also in Tareldar "High-elves"; see also Tarmenel.

tár

king

tár noun "king" (only used of the legitimate kings of whole tribes); the pl. tári "kings" must not be confused with the sg. tári "queen" (TĀ/TA3). Prefix tar-, compare -tar above. The normal Quenya word for "king" is aran, but compare Tarumbar.

túr

king

túr, tur noun "king" (PE16:138, LT1:260); rather aran in LotR-style Quenya, but cf. the verb tur-. Also compare the final element -tur, -ntur "lord" in names like Axantur, Falastur, Fëanturi, Vëantur (q.v.)

sanda

name

[sanda, sandë] (þ) (2) noun "name" (VT46:16)

sanya

name

[sanya] (þ) (2) noun ?"name" (reading of gloss uncertain, VT46:16)

esse

noun. name

Quenya [PE 22:124] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

essë

name

essë (1) noun "name", also later name of Tengwa #31, originally (MET) called árë (ázë). (Appendix E). With a pronominal ending esselya "thy name" (VT43:14). Pl. #essi in PM:339 and MR:470, gen.pl. #esseron "of names" in the compound Nómesseron (q.v.); we would rather have expected *ession, given the nom.pl. essi; perhaps #esser is a valid alternative plural form. Essecarmë noun "name-making" (MR:214, 470), Eldarin ceremony where the father announces the name of his child. Essecenta *("k") noun "Name-essay" (see centa) (MR:415); Essecilmë noun "name-choosing", an Eldarin ceremony where a child named him- or herself according to personal lámatyávë (q.v.) (MR:214, 471). The meaning Tolkien originally assigned to the word essë** in the Etymologies was "place" rather than "name" (VT45:12).

essë

noun. name

Cognates

  • ᴺS. ess “name”

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ES “indicate, name”

Element in

Variations

  • esse ✧ LotR/1123
  • essë ✧ MR/470
  • Esse ✧ WJ/359
Quenya [LotR/1123; MR/216; MR/470; PM/339; UT/266; UTI/epessë; VT42/17; VT43/14; WJ/359] Group: Eldamo. Published by

esta-

verb. name

Quenya [PE 22:124] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

eldatár

`Vm#1~C6 noun. elf-king, elfking, elven-king

Quenya [Compound of elda and tar] Group: Neologism. Published by

Sindarin 

aran

noun. king (used of a lord or king of a specified region)

Sindarin [Ety/360, S/428, LotR/II:IV, LotR/VI:VII, SD/129-] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ara

noun. king

_ n. _king. 

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:147] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

Ara-

prefix. king

pref. king. >> ar-, Arathorn

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:113] < S. _aran_. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

ar-

prefix. king

pref. king. >> ara-, Arathorn

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:113] < S. _aran_. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

esta-

verb. to name

Sindarin [estathar SD/129-31] Group: SINDICT. Published by

eneth

noun. name

Sindarin [VT/44:21,24] Group: SINDICT. Published by

aran

king

1) (king of a region) aran (pl. erain). Coll. pl. aranath. Also †âr with stem-form aran- (also with pl. erain; the longer form aran may be a back-formation from this plural). 2) (king of a people)taur (i daur, o thaur) (said in LR:389 s.v. _T_Ā to refer to ”legitimate kings of the whole tribes”), pl. toer (i thoer), coll. pl. torath.

aran

king

(pl. erain). Coll. pl. aranath. Also †âr with stem-form aran- (also with pl. erain; the longer form aran may be a back-formation from this plural).

taur

king

(i daur, o thaur) (said in LR:389 s.v. to refer to ”legitimate kings of the whole tribes”), pl. toer (i thoer), coll. pl. torath.

eneth

name

(noun) eneth (pl. enith)

eneth

name

(pl. enith)

ess

noun. name

Cognates

Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

esta

name

(verb.) esta- (call) (i esta, in estar)

esta

name

(call) (i esta, in estar)

Adûnaic

ârû

noun. king

A noun translated as “king” (SD/429). The Adûnaic word for “queen” is not attested, but could be a feminized form of this word, such as ✱ârî.

Element in

Variations

  • Ārū ✧ SD/429

Khuzdûl

durin

masculine name. king

Element in

Khuzdûl [LotR/0305; LotRI/Durin; PE17/040; PM/304; PMI/Durin; RSI/Durin; SDI1/Durin; SI/Durin; TI/182; TII/Durin; UTI/Durin; WJI/Durin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Primitive elvish

en

root. name

Derivatives

  • S. en- “*to name”
  • ᴺS. enwiol “nominal”

Noldorin 

aran

noun. king (used of a lord or king of a specified region)

Noldorin [Ety/360, S/428, LotR/II:IV, LotR/VI:VII, SD/129-] Group: SINDICT. Published by

taur

noun. king (only used of the legitimate kings of whole tribes)

In LotR/IV:IV, Frodo is called Daur, which might be the mutated form of this word

Noldorin [Ety/389, Ety/395] Group: SINDICT. Published by

âr

noun. king (used of a lord or king of a specified region)

Noldorin [Ety/389] Group: SINDICT. Published by

âr

noun. king


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Westron

tûrac

noun. king

Changes

  • tūrantūrac- ✧ PM/053

Variations

  • tūrac- ✧ PM/053 (tūrac-)
  • tūran ✧ PM/060 (tūran)
Westron [PM/053; PM/060] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Qenya 

aran

noun. king

Element in

Variations

  • aran ✧ PE22/106; PE22/124
  • Aran ✧ PE22/125
Qenya [PE22/106; PE22/124; PE22/125] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tár

noun. king

Cognates

  • N. taur “king (of a whole tribe)” ✧ Ety/TĀ
  • Ilk. tôr “king” ✧ Ety/TĀ

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶tār(ō) “king” ✧ Ety/TĀ
    • ᴹ√TĀ/TAƷ “high, lofty; noble” ✧ Ety/TĀ; PE21/55

Element in

  • ᴹQ. tar- “high; king or queen (in compounds)” ✧ Ety/TĀ

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶tārō > tár[tār]✧ Ety/TĀ

Variations

  • tār ✧ LR/047
Qenya [Ety/TĀ; LR/047] Group: Eldamo. Published by

esse

noun. name

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ES “indicate, name” ✧ Ety/ES

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ES > esse[esse]✧ Ety/ES

Variations

  • esse ✧ Ety/ES; PE22/022; PE22/051
Qenya [Ety/ES; PE22/022; PE22/051; PE22/124; SD/047] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Doriathrin

tôr

noun. king

A noun for “king” derived from primitive ᴹ✶tār(ō), also appearing in its plural form tórin (Ety/TĀ, BAL). Tolkien said that it was “only used of the legitimate kings of whole tribes”, though apparently it also survived in compounds like Torthurnion “King of Eagles” (Ety/THOR) and Balthor “Vala-king” (Ety/BAL). It is an example of how [[ilk|[ā] became [ō]]] in Ilkorin, as noted by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/tôr).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. tár “king” ✧ Ety/TĀ

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶tār(ō) “king” ✧ Ety/TĀ
    • ᴹ√TĀ/TAƷ “high, lofty; noble” ✧ Ety/TĀ; PE21/55
  • ᴹ√TĀ/TAƷ “high, lofty; noble” ✧ Ety/THIN

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶tārō > tôr[tārō] > [tāro] > [tōro] > [tōr]✧ Ety/TĀ

Variations

  • Tor ✧ Ety/THIN (Dor. Tor); Ety/THOR
  • tórin ✧ EtyAC/BAL
Doriathrin [Ety/BAL; Ety/TĀ; Ety/THIN; Ety/THOR; EtyAC/BAL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Old Noldorin 

aran

noun. king

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ƷAR “have, hold”

Derivatives

  • N. aran “king, lord (of a specific region)”
Old Noldorin [PE22/027] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

tār(ō)

noun. king

Derivations

  • ᴹ√TĀ/TAƷ “high, lofty; noble” ✧ Ety/TĀ; PE21/55

Derivatives

  • Ilk. tôr “king” ✧ Ety/TĀ
  • ᴹQ. tár “king” ✧ Ety/TĀ
  • N. taur “king (of a whole tribe)” ✧ Ety/TĀ

Variations

  • tārō ✧ Ety/TĀ; Ety/TĀ
  • tā-r ✧ PE21/55
  • tā-ro ✧ PE21/55
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/TĀ; PE21/55] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

enn

noun. name

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ENE “*name”

Element in

  • G. entha- “to name, call, indicate, point out” ✧ GL/32
  • G. enos “title” ✧ GL/32
  • G. enweg “name sake” ✧ GL/32

tîr

noun. king

tûr

noun. king

Cognates

  • Eq. tur “king” ✧ LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TURU “am strong” ✧ LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi
  • ᴱ✶tūr(ǝ) ✧ PE13/115

Element in

Variations

  • Tur ✧ GG/15; GG/15
  • tîr ✧ PE13/115
Gnomish [GG/15; GL/72; LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi; PE13/115] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

tîr

noun. king

Cognates

  • Eq. tur “king” ✧ PE13/154

Element in

  • En. balthir “evil king”
  • En. idir “no king” ✧ PE13/148
  • En. tîr idir “king without a crown” ✧ PE13/148
  • En. uthir “without a king” ✧ PE13/155 (uthir)

Variations

  • tír ✧ PE13/148; PE13/154
  • thir ✧ PE13/155 (thir)
Early Noldorin [PE13/148; PE13/154; PE13/155] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

vardar

noun. king

Early Quenya [LT1A/Varda; QL/102] Group: Eldamo. Published by

túranu

noun. king

Variations

  • tūranu ✧ QL/095
Early Quenya [QL/095] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tur

noun. king

Cognates

  • En. tîr “king” ✧ PE13/154
  • G. tûr “king” ✧ LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TURU “am strong” ✧ LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi; QL/095

Element in

  • Eq. turwen “princess” ✧ QL/096
  • Eq. túrin “king(dom)” ✧ QL/096
  • Eq. Sorontur “King of Eagles” ✧ LT1A/Sorontur
  • Eq. túrani “queen” ✧ QL/096
  • Eq. túranu “king” ✧ QL/096
  • Eq. turillo “prince” ✧ QL/096
  • Eq. turinqi “queen” ✧ LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi; QL/096
  • Eq. turqin “queen” ✧ QL/096 (turqin)
  • Eq. Turondo

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TURU > Tur[tur]✧ QL/095

Variations

  • -tur ✧ LT1A/Sorontur
  • túr ✧ PE13/154; PE16/138
  • Tur ✧ QL/096
Early Quenya [LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi; LT1A/Sorontur; PE13/154; PE16/138; QL/096] Group: Eldamo. Published by

en(we)

noun. name

Cognates

  • G. enn “name”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ENE “*name” ✧ QL/035

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ENE > en[emb] > [en]✧ QL/035

Variations

  • en ✧ QL/035
  • enwe ✧ QL/035
Early Quenya [QL/035] Group: Eldamo. Published by