tarminas

tower

tarminas noun "tower" etc. (Sindarin barad); see taras (PE17:22)

Minardil

minar[?]-friend

Minardil masc.name noun "minar[?]-friend". Perhaps minar is to be understood as a variant of minas (s being voiced to z by contact with the voiced plosive that follows, and then regularly becoming r); if so, the name means "Tower-friend" (Appendix A)

marto

tower

marto (1) noun "tower" (PE17:66)

marto

noun. tower

Cognates

• S. barad “tower, great towering building, tower, great towering building, [N.] fort, fortress” ✧ NM/228; PE17/066

Derivations

• √M(B)ARAT “doom, fate” ✧ NM/228
  • √MBAR “settle, dwell; establish, fix, decide, determine, make a decision, settle; establish, fix, decide, determine, make a decision; dwell, [ᴹ√] inhabit, [ᴱ√] live”
• √BARAT “lofty, high, height combined with strength/size/majesty” ✧ PE17/066
  • √BAR “[ᴹ√] raise; uplift, save, rescue(?)”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√BAR-AT > marto	[mbarto] > [marto]	✧ PE17/066

turma

tower

[turma] (2) noun "tower". Tolkien changed this word to turco (#2), q.v. (PE17:22)

turco

tower

turco ("k") (2) noun "tower". In Lúnaturco, Quenya name of Barad-dûr (Dark Tower). Tolkien changed the word turco from turma (PE17:22).

minas

noun. tower

minas

noun. fort, city with a citadel and central watch-tower

minas

noun. tower, fort, city (with a citadel and central watch tower)

Cognates

• Q. minassë “fort, city (with a citadel and central watch tower)” ✧ VT42/24

Derivations

• √MIN “one, first of a series, one, first of a series; [ᴹ√] stand alone, stick out” ✧ VT42/24

Element in

• S. Annúminas “Tower of the West” ✧ SA/minas
• S. Arminas “?Noble Tower”
• S. Minas Anor “Tower of the (Setting) Sun” ✧ SA/minas
• S. Minas Ithil “Tower of the (Rising) Moon”
• S. Minas Morgul “Tower of Sorcery”
• S. Minas Tirith “Tower of Guard, Tower of Watch” ✧ SA/minas
• N. Minas Tirith “Tower of Guard”
• S. Mindolluin “Towering Blue-head”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√MIN > minas	[minasse] > [minass] > [minas]	✧ VT42/24

barad

noun. tower, fortress

barad

tower

1b n. tower.

barad

tower

1c n. tower. Q. marto.

minas

tower

(i vinas), pl. minais (i minais), coll. pl. minassath

barad

tower

1) barad (fortress, fort) (i varad), pl. beraid (i meraid). Note: barad is also an adjective "doomed", but this is derived from a stem in mb- and would have different mutations. 2) (tower or city with citadel/central watchtower) minas (i vinas), pl. minais (i minais), coll. pl. minassath

barad

tower

(fortress, fort) (i varad), pl. beraid (i meraid). Note: barad is also an adjective "doomed", but this is derived from a stem in mb- and would have different mutations.

minnas

noun. tower

minnas

noun. fort, city with a citadel and central watch-tower

minnas

noun. tower

Cognates

• ᴹQ. mindon “(isolated) tower” ✧ Ety/MINI

Derivations

• ᴹ√MIN “stand alone, stick out” ✧ Ety/MINI

Element in

• N. Minas Anor “Tower of the Sun”
• N. Minas Ithil “Tower of the Moon”
• N. Minas Morgol “Tower of Sorcery”
• N. Minnastirith “Watchtower”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√MINI > minnas	[mindasse] > [mindass] > [minnass] > [minnas]	✧ Ety/MINI

tirion

noun. tower

Cognates

• ᴹQ. tirion “watch-tower, tower”

Element in

• N. Luindirien “Blue Towers” ✧ Ety/LUG²

barad

noun. tower, fortress