Adûnaic

zen’namân

place name. Blessed Realm, Land of Amân

A draft Adûnaic name for the Blessed Realm, later replaced by Amatthâni (SD/385). Its initial element zen is a draft name for “land” also seen in the draft name Zen’nabâr “Land of Gift”. Its final element is Amân, the Adûnaic name of Manwë, joined to the first element with an elided form of the genitive prefix an- “of”. Therefore, the literal meaning of the name is “Land of Amân (Manwë)”.

Elements

WordGloss
zen“land (draft)”
an-“of; genitive/adjectival prefix”
Amân“Manwë”
Adûnaic [SD/385; SDI2/Zen’namân] Group: Eldamo. Published by