palan

adverb/adjective. far (and wide), afar, distant, far (and wide), afar, distant; [ᴹQ.] to a great extent, over a wide space, to a distance

A Quenya word for “far and wide” appearing regularly in Tolkien’s writings, most notably in palantír “far gazer”. It was derived from the root √PAL “wide, broad, extended” (PE17/65; VT47/8; Ety/PAL). In The Etymologies of the 1930s Tolkien contrasted with word with ᴹQ. hāya “far off, far away”, saying that palan more properly means “wide, over a wide space, to a distance” (EtyAC/KHAYA). Thus palan is “far” in extent (far and wide) as opposed to haia which is “far” in distance only.