balan (pl. belain) means "Vala, divine power, divinity" in Exilic Noldorin.[1][2]
Etymology
- Root BAL[1] In The Silmarillion, balrog is glossed as Sindarin "Demon of Might", indicating the contracted form bal-.[4]
Examples
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 350
- ↑ Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary (accessed 11 February 2010)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names"