A neologism for “thin cloth, tissue” coined by Fiona Jallings (FJNS/346), cognate to ᴹQ. lanne of the same meaning (Ety/LAN).
Sindarin
lann
adjective. wide, broad
land
adjective. wide, broad, wide, broad; [N.] open space, level
land
adjective. wide, broad
lann
noun. thin cloth, tissue
land
wide
(plain), pl. laind. Also used as noun ”open space, level”.
pann
wide
(i bann, o phann, construct pan), pl. pain (i phain). Since the pl. form clashes with ✱pain ”all” (mutated phain, SD:129), other terms may be preferred for clarity.
iand
adjective. wide
laden
wide
- laden (plain, flat, open, cleared), pl. ledin (for ”N” lhaden pl. lhedin, LR:368 s.v. LAT), 2) land (plain), pl. laind. Also used as noun ”open space, level”. 3) pann (i bann, o phann, construct pan), pl. pain (i phain). Since the pl. form clashes with *pain ”all” (mutated phain, SD:129), other terms may be preferred for clarity. 4) ûr (pl. uir). Notice the homophone ûr ”fire, heat”.
laden
wide
(plain, flat, open, cleared), pl. ledin (for ”N” lhaden pl. lhedin, LR:368 s.v. LAT)
palan
over a wide area
(far off)
thar
athwart
(adverbial prefix) thar- (across, over, beyond)
thar
athwart
(across, over, beyond)
ûr
wide
(pl. uir). Notice the homophone ûr ”fire, heat”.
A Sindarin word for “broad” or “wide” appearing in names like Landroval “Broad Winged” (S/123) and Lothlann “Wide and Empty” (S/123).
Conceptual Development: This adjective has a long history in Tolkien’s conception of the Elvish languages. G. land or lann “broad” appeared in Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/52), clearly cognate to ᴱQ. landa “wide, broad” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Nori Landar) and thus likely derived to the early root ᴱ√LAŘA [LAÐA] (QL/34). ᴱN. lhann “broad” appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists where it was derived from ᴱ✶plandá (PE13/148).
The Etymologies of the 1930s had noun N. lhand “open space, level” (Ety/LAT) and adjective N. lhann “wide” (Ety/LAD), both derived from the root ᴹ√LAD “lie flat, be flat”. In drafts of Lord of the Rings appendixes, Noldorin lhann was used in Gondor for “the divisions of the realm, such as Anorien, Ithilien, Lebennin”, equivalent to Westron sūza “shire” (PM/45), but note Trann “Shire” [mutated Drann] from the King’s Letter (SD/129).
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would used land as both an adjective “wide, broad” and a noun for an “open space, level”, but for “shire” I would use Trann.