Quenya 

túrosto

place name. Mickleburg, (lit.) Great Fortress

Quenya name of Belegost (WJ/389). Its first element is a derivative of the root √TUR “strong” and the second element is osto “fortress”.

Cognates

  • Kh. Gabilgathol “Great Fortress” ✧ WJ/389
  • S. Belegost “Mickleburg, (lit.) Great Fortress” ✧ WJI/Belegost; WJI/Turosto

Elements

WordGloss
TUR“dominate, master, conquer; power [over others], mastery (legitimate or illegitimate), control (of other wills); strong, mighty in power, dominate, master, conquer; power [over others], mastery (legitimate or illegitimate), control (of other wills); strong, mighty in power; [ᴹ√] victory; [ᴱ√] am strong”
osto“fortress, stronghold, strong place, fortress, stronghold, strong place; [ᴹQ.] city, town with wall round”
Quenya [WJ/389; WJI/Belegost; WJI/Turosto] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Sindarin 

Belegost

noun. great fortress

beleg (“great, mighty”) + ost (“fortress”)

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belegost

place name. Mickleburg, (lit.) Great Fortress

Sindarin name of the Dwarven city of Kh. Gabilgathol, translated “Mickleburg” (S/91) and “Great Fortress” (WJ/209). This name is a compound of beleg “mighty” and ost “fortress” (SA/beleg, os(t)).

Conceptual Development: The name G. Belegost appeared in the earliest Lost Tales, already with the etymology given above (LT2/230, LT2A/Belegost). In one place it appeared in an extended form Ost Belegost (LT2/244).

The name reappeared in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, where it was translated “Great Fortress” alongside its Dwarven name Gabilgathol (LR/274). The name N. Belegost was translated “Great City” in The Etymologies (Ety/BEL), where its decomposition was made explicit as Beleg-ost (EtyAC/OS).

Cognates

  • Kh. Gabilgathol “Great Fortress” ✧ WJI/Belegost; S/091; SI/Belegost; WJ/209; WJ/209; WJ/209; WJ/389; WJI/Gabilgathol
  • Q. Túrosto “Mickleburg, (lit.) Great Fortress” ✧ WJI/Belegost; WJI/Turosto

Elements

WordGloss
beleg“great, mighty; large, big, great, mighty; large, big, [ᴱN.] huge”
ost“fort, fortress, stronghold, citadel; fortified town; enclosure, fort, fortress, stronghold, citadel; (fortified) town, [N.] city; [orig.] [S.] enclosure, [G.] yard”
Sindarin [LotRI/Belegost; MRI/Belegost; PMI/Belegost; S/091; SA/beleg; SA/os(t); SI/Belegost; SI/Mickleburg; UTI/Belegost; WJ/209; WJ/389; WJI/Belegost; WJI/Gabilgathol; WJI/Turosto] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Belegost

Belegost

Belegost (beleg + ost) was a Sindarin translation of the original Dwarvish name Gabilgathol and both mean "Great City". Unlike other names of the Silmarillion, the text also gives us an English rendering, which was possibly from Westron: Mickleburg. Mickle is a root meaning "big"; see also Michel Delving. The city's Khuzdul name Gabilgathol contains the elements gabil "great" and gathol "fortress". Túrosto was the name in Quenya for Belegost.

Sindarin [Tolkien Gateway] Published by

Khuzdûl

gabilgathol

place name. Great Fortress

Cognates

  • S. Belegost “Mickleburg, (lit.) Great Fortress” ✧ WJI/Belegost; S/091; SI/Belegost; WJ/209; WJ/209; WJ/209; WJ/389; WJI/Gabilgathol
  • Q. Túrosto “Mickleburg, (lit.) Great Fortress” ✧ WJ/389
  • N. Belegost “Great Fortress, Great City” ✧ LR/274; LRI/Gabilgathol

Elements

WordGloss
gabil“great”
gathol“fortress”
Khuzdûl [LR/274; LRI/Gabilgathol; S/091; SI/Belegost; SI/Gabilgathol; WJ/209; WJ/389; WJI/Belegost; WJI/Gabilgathol] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

belegost

place name. Great Fortress, Great City

Cognates

  • Kh. Gabilgathol “Great Fortress” ✧ LR/274; LRI/Gabilgathol

Elements

WordGloss
beleg“great, large”
ost“city, town (with wall round)”

Variations

  • Beleg-ost ✧ Ety/OS
Noldorin [Ety/BEL; Ety/OS; EtyAC/OS; LR/274; LRI/Belegost; LRI/Gabilgathol; SMI/Belegost; TII/Belegost] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Gnomish

belegost

place name. *Great City

Variations

  • Ost Belegost ✧ LT2I/Ost Belegost
Gnomish [LT2A/Belegost; LT2I/Belegost; LT2I/Ost Belegost] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

belegost

place name. *Great City

Early Noldorin [LBI/Belegost] Group: Eldamo. Published by