1b n. tower.
Sindarin
taras
place name. Taras
Cognates
- ᴹQ. taras “mount, hill”
Element in
- S. Taras-ness “headland below Taras” ✧ UTI/Taras
barad
noun. tower, fortress
barad
tower
barad
tower
1c n. tower. Q. marto.
minas
noun. tower
minas
noun. fort, city with a citadel and central watch-tower
orod
mount
pl1. ered or eryd** ** n. mount, mountain. Q. oro, orto.
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.
minas
tower
(i vinas), pl. minais (i minais), coll. pl. minassath
A mountain on the coast of Nevrast (S/119), its meaning is unclear, but it might be an appearance of taras “mount” (PE22/126).
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name was also N. Taras (LR/260).