The form dor in the Etymologies is a misreading, see VT/45. In composition and in toponyms, the word is nevertheless reduced to Dor
Sindarin
dôr
noun. land, dwelling-place, region where certain people live
dôr
noun. land, land, [N.] region where certain people live, [ᴱN.] country; [G.] people of the land
Cognates
- Q. -ndor “land, country” ✧ SA/dôr
Derivations
Element in
- S. Arnor “Royal Land”
- S. Balannor “Land of the Valar”
- S. bardor “home land, native land” ✧ PE17/164
- S. Berennyr “Brown Lands”
- S. Dor Caranthir “Land of Caranthir”
- S. Dor-Cúarthol “Land of Bow and Helm”
- S. Dor Daedeloth “Land of Great Dread; Land of Shadow of Horror”
- S. Dor Dínen “Silent Land” ✧ S/121
- S. Dor-en-Ernil “Land of the Prince” ✧ UT/245
- S. Dor Firn-i-Guinar “Land of the Dead that Live” ✧ S/188
- S. dorgannas “shapes of the lands, *geography” ✧ WJ/192
- ᴺS. dorgant “landscape, scene, *(lit.) land-shape”
- S. Dor Gyrth i Chuinar “Land of the Dead that Live” ✧ Let/417
- S. Dor Haeron
- S. Doriath “Land of the Fence” ✧ SA/dôr; SI/Doriath; UTI/Doriath; WJ/370
- S. Dor-i-Ndainn “*Land of the Nandor”
- S. Dor i Thuin
- north S. Dor-lómin “*Echoing-land”
- S. Dorloven “*Echoing Land” ✧ PE17/133
- S. Dor-na-Daerachas “Land of Great Dread”
- S. Dor-nu-Fauglith “Land under Choking Ash”
- S. Dor-Rodyn “*Land of the Valar” ✧ MR/200
- S. Dorthonion “Land of Pines” ✧ RC/384; SA/dôr
- S. Dorwinion “Young-land country, land of Gwinion”
- S. Eglador “Land of the Eglir (Forsaken)”
- S. Elennor “*Elf-land”
- S. Eriador “Lonely Land” ✧ SA/dôr
- S. Gondor “Stone-land” ✧ SA/dôr
- S.
Mildor“Wine-land”- S. Mordor “Black Land” ✧ Let/427; SA/dôr
- S. Pelennor “Fenced Land”
- S. Thonador
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶ndor > -dor [-ndorē] > [-ndore] > [-ndor] > [-dor] ✧ PE17/164 ✶ndor > dôr [ndorē] > [ndore] > [dore] > [dor] > [dōr] ✧ SA/dôr ✶ndorē > dôr [ndorē] > [ndore] > [dore] > [dor] > [dōr] ✧ WJ/413 ✶ndorē > -ndor > -nor/-nnor [-ndorē] > [-ndore] > [-ndor] > [-nnor] ✧ WJ/413 Variations
- Dor ✧ Let/417; MR/200; PE17/133; S/121; S/188; SI/Doriath; UT/245; UTI/Doriath; WJ/192
- dor ✧ Let/427; RC/384
- -dor ✧ PE17/164
- Dôr ✧ WJ/370
dor
noun. land, dwelling-place, region where certain people live
ardhon
noun. world
gardh
noun. world
bar
noun. dwelling, home
bar
noun. inhabited land
gardh
noun. bounded or defined region
gardh
noun. region
Cognates
- Q. arda “region, realm, particular land or region, region, realm, particular land or region; [ᴱQ.] place, spot” ✧ WJ/402
Derivations
Element in
- S. Ard-galen “Green Region”
- S. Ardhon “The World”
- S. Calenardhon “Green Province”
- S. gardhon “province”
- S. Garthúrian “Hidden Realm”
- S. Lisgardh “Land of Reeds” ✧ UT/034
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶gardā > gardh [gardā] > [garda] > [garða] > [garð] ✧ WJ/402
region
noun. holly-tree area
[HKF] reg (Dor. regorn “holly tree”) + ion (Dor. gen. pl. suffix) = Dor. Regornion [Etym. ERÉK-]
ardhon
noun. great region, province
dôr
dwelling place
(i nôr, construct dor) (land, region), pl. dŷr (i ndŷr) (WJ:413).
dôr
region
(i nôr, construct dor) (dwelling place, land), pl. dŷr (i ndŷr) (WJ:413)
dôr
land
1) dôr (i nôr, construct dor) (dwelling place, region), pl. dŷr (i ndŷr), coll. pl. dorath (WJ:413), 2) bâr (dwelling, house, home, family; earth) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). Also -bar, -mar at the end of compounds.
dôr
land
(i nôr, construct dor) (dwelling place, region), pl. dŷr (i ndŷr), coll. pl. dorath (WJ:413)
dôr
dwelling place
dôr (i nôr, construct dor) (land, region), pl. dŷr (i ndŷr) (WJ:413).
dôr
dwelling place
dôr (i nôr, construct dor) (land, region), pl. dŷr (i ndŷr) (WJ:413);
grôd
underground dwelling
(i ’rôd, construct grod) (cave, delving, excavation), pl. grŷd (in grŷd) (WJ:414)
aran
king of a region
(pl. erain)
ardh
region
1) ardh (realm), pl. erdh, also in augmented form ardhon (great region, great province, world), pl. erdhyn, coll. pl. ardhonnath. 2) dôr (i nôr, construct dor) (dwelling place, land), pl. dŷr (i ndŷr) (WJ:413), 3) gardh (i **ardh) (bounded or defined place), pl. gerdh (i ngerdh = i ñerdh), 4) gwaith (i **waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, host, regiment, people, wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith).
ardh
region
(realm), pl. erdh, also in augmented form ardhon (great region, great province, world), pl. erdhyn, coll. pl. ardhonnath.
bâr
land
(dwelling, house, home, family; earth) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). Also -bar, -mar at the end of compounds.
nand
wide grassland
(construct nan) (valley), pl. naind, coll. pl. **nannath **(VT45:36);
bâr
dwelling
bâr (house, home, family; land, earth) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). Also -bar, -mar at the end of compounds
bâr
dwelling
(house, home, family; land, earth) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). Also -bar, -mar at the end of compounds
gardh
region
(i ’ardh) (bounded or defined place), pl. gerdh (i ngerdh = i ñerdh)
gobel
enclosed dwelling
(i ’obel) (walled house or village, ”town”), pl. gebil (i ngebil = i ñebil). Archaic pl. göbil.
parth
enclosed grassland
(i barth, o pharth) (field, sward), pl. perth (i pherth);
gwaith
region
(i ’waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, host, regiment, people, wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith).
rhûd
dwelling underground
(construct rhud, with article ?i thrûd or ?i rûd – *the lenition product of rh- is uncertain) (artificial cave, rockhewn hall, mine), pl. rhuid (?idh ruid) (PM:365)*.
gilwen
region of stars
(Quenya Ilmen), also Gilith. In the Etymologies, this word is derived from a root GIL (LR:358) and would then have the form ’Ilwen (’Ilwith) when lenited. But in a later source, Tolkien cited the relevant root as ÑGIL (MR:388), and the lenited form would then be Ngilwen (Ngilwith).
The form dor in the Etymologies is a misreading, see VT/45. In composition and in toponyms, the word is nevertheless reduced to Dor