Early Quenya
nardi
feminine name. a flower fairy
Derivations
- ᴱ√NṚÞṚ “smell sweet” ✧ QL/068
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√NṚŘṚ > Nardi [nṛθī] > [nṛθi] > [narθi] > [narði] > [nardi] ✧ QL/068
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A name in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa from the 1910s, glossed as “a flower fairy” or “a flower Valar” but otherwise unexplained (QL/68, PME/68). It was given as a derivative of the root ᴱ√NṚŘṚ having to do with sweet smells (QL/68).