Sindarin 

harad

place name. The South

The southern regions of Middle-earth (LotR/248), it is simply harad “south” used as a name.

Conceptual Development: The name was already N. Harad when it first appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/333).

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harad

noun. south

The Sindarin word for “south” based on the root ᴹ√KHYAR “left-hand” (LotR/1123; PE17/18; Ety/KHYAR). It was the “left-hand direction” since the Elves reckoned their directions while facing west, so that “south” was to the left (LotR/1123). It can also be used for “the South” as a region but without a definite article (PE23/133), that is just Harad rather than i Charad.

Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies of the 1930s it was first given as haran (EtyAC/KHYAR).

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harad

noun. south

Sindarin [Ety/365, S/432, LotR/E] Group: SINDICT. Published by

harad

adjective. south

_adj. _south, southern. Q. hyarmen, hyarna. >> har-

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haradrim

collective name. Southrons, (lit.) People of the Harad

Sindarin name of the Southrons (LotR/245), a combination of harad “south” and the class-plural suffix -rim (Let/178).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name first appeared as N. Haradoth >> Haradhoth (WR/365), ending instead with hoth “host”.

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haradwaith

proper name. South-folk, the Harad

Another name for the lands of the South (LotR/1045, UT/383), a combination of harad “south” and gwaith “people, region”.

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, the name N. Haradwaith was also used for the People of the South (TI/434) as well as “Sutherland” (TI/304).

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harad

Harad

Harad means "South" in Sindarin. The word is derived from root KHYAR, and is cognate to Quenya hyarmen ("south"). It is also called Haradwaith which includes gwaith ("people"). The Men of Harad were called Haradrim ("Southern-host").

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harad

south

  1. (”the South” as an area) Harad (i Charad, o Charad, 2) hâr (i châr, o châr, construct har) (also = ”left”). 3) The word Harven (i Charven, o Charven) may refer primarily to ”south” as a direction; the final element -ven means ”way”. (VT45:23). Adj.

harad

south

(i Charad, o Charad

haradren

south, southern

(lenited charadren; pl. heredrin), also harn (lenited charn, pl. hern). Note: a homophone of the latter means ”wounded”, and as noun harn also means ”helmet” (so haradren may be preferred for clarity).

haradrim

southerners, southrons

(a coll. pl., ”people of the south”)

harven

south

(i Charven, o Charven) may refer primarily to ”south” as a direction; the final element -ven means ”way”. (VT45:23). Adj.

hâr

south

(i châr, o châr, construct har) (also = ”left”).

Noldorin 

harad

place name. The South

Noldorin [SDI1/Harad; TI/333; TII/Harad; WRI/Harad] Group: Eldamo. Published by

harad

noun. south

Noldorin [Ety/KHYAR; EtyAC/KHYAR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

harad

noun. south

Noldorin [Ety/365, S/432, LotR/E] Group: SINDICT. Published by

haradhoth

collective name. People of Harad

Noldorin [WR/365; WRI/Haradhoth; WRI/Haradoth] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Quenya 

Harmen

south

[Harmen] noun "south" (MEN)(Changed to hyarmen.)

Hyarastorni

south

Hyarastorni place-name, region in Númenor, apparently including hyar- "south" and perhaps orni "trees" (UT:210)

hyarmen

south

hyarmen, Hyarmen noun "south" (SA, SA:men, KHYAR), literally "lefthand-direction" (VT49:12), since the Elves named the directions as they were to a person facing the Blessed Realm in the West Also name of tengwa #33 (Appendix E). In Hyarmendacil masc.name, "South-victor" (Appendix A), apparently also in the place-name Hyarmentir (name of a mountain; the element -tir means *"watch[ing point]".) (SA) Hyarnustar "the Southwestlands" of Númenor; Hyarrostar the "Southeastlands" (UT:165)


Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Early Quenya

sahóra

place name. the South

Name for “the South” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa from the 1910s (QL/81; PME/81), where it appeared under the root ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” derived from the primitive form ᴱ✶saχ+þōra (QL/81). In the contemporaneous Qenya Phonology, however its primitive form was revised from ᴱ✶þaχþōđa >> ᴱ✶saχsōđa (PE12/18), and ᴱ✶saχ-sōđa was given the gloss “house of fire”.

The primitive forms ᴱ✶þōra, ᴱ✶þōđa and ᴱ✶sōđa would all produce ᴱQ. sóra. The closest equivalent is ᴱQ. sóra “seat”, but that word was derived from the root ᴱ√ÐORO “sit” (QL/85). It is unclear whether Tolkien intended any relationship between the two, but SOŘO (= ✱SOÐO) did appear as a rejected variant of this root (QL/86), hinting that such a relationship is at least a possibility.

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Qenya 

harmen

noun. south