Minastir

tower-watcher

Minastir masc. name, noun *"Tower-watcher" (Appendix A)

minastir

masculine name. ?Watch Tower

Tar-Minastir was the 11th ruler of Númenor, so named “because he built a high tower upon the hill of Oromet” (UT/220). His name might be a compound of a shortened form minas of minassë “tower” and a form of tir- “to watch”.

Elements

Word	Gloss
minassë	“fort, city (with a citadel and central watch tower)”
tir-	“to watch (over), guard, heed; to look (at), gaze, observe, to watch (over), guard, heed; to look (at), gaze, observe; [ᴱQ.] to keep, preserve”