Quenya 

Túrosto

gabilgathol

Túrosto place-name "Gabilgathol", a dwelling of the Dwarves (Sindarin Belegost; the names mean "Mickleburg", "Great Fortress"). Apparently túra + osto.

Sindarin 

Belegost

noun. great fortress

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

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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.

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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