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hravani

collective name. Wild-men, Savages

A term for savage humans, appearing both as Hravani (WJ/219) and Hrávani (PE17/18). The term is the plural of the noun hravan “wild beast”.

Cognates

  • S. Rhevain “Wild-men, Savages” ✧ PE17/018; WJ/219; WJI/Hravani

Elements

WordGloss
hravan“wild beast”

Variations

  • Hrávani ✧ PE17/018
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hravan

wild beast

hravan noun "wild beast"; pl.Hravani "the Wild", used as a name of non-Edain Men (PE17:78, WJ:219). PE17:18 has Hrávani with a long á, glossed "Wild-men, Savages".

hravan

noun. wild beast

A word for a “wild beast” in notes from the mid-1960s, derived from the root √S-RAB “wild, in senses not tamed, domesticated” (PE17/78), hence meaning “wild animal” vs. a “tamed animal”, which would probably be Q. laman.

Cognates

  • S. rhovan “wilderness; wild beast” ✧ PE17/078

Derivations

  • srāban “wild beast” ✧ PE17/078
    • SRAB “wild, not tamed/domesticated” ✧ PE17/078

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
hráva“wild, savage, wild, savage, [ᴹQ.] untamed”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
srāban > hrăvan[srāban] > [r̥āban] > [r̥āβan] > [r̥āvan] > [r̥avan]✧ PE17/078

Variations

  • hrăvan ✧ PE17/078