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'''Aran''' is the word for "king" or "chief" in [[Sindarin]]. Its plural form is ''erain''.<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 40 entry '''aran'''</ref> In [[Quenya]] it was ''aran'', as well.<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 147</ref> The same root was shared by its [[Adûnaic]] cognate,  ''ârû''.<ref>{{SD|Nouns}}, p. 429</ref> However, the seemingly unrelated [[Rohan language|Rohan]] ''tûrac'' was their word for "king."<ref>{{PM|II}}, p. 53</ref> A [[Westron]] cognate is not known.


'''Aran''' means ''king'' in [[Sindarin]]. It was adopted as ''aran'' in [[Quenya]] too, despite the existence of an actual cognate ''haran'', "chieftain". The same root was shared by the [[Adûnaic]] word for King,  ''Âru''. The [[Westron]] form however became ''Aran'' again.
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[[Image:Tengwar Aran (Sindarin).gif|thumb|right|150px|Sindarin, Mode of Beleriand]]
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]]
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* [http://www.uib.no/people/hnohf/adunaic.htm Adûnaic] by [[Helge Fauskanger]]
* [http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindar/dict-sd-en.html Hiswelokë Sindarin Dictionary] edited by [[Didier Willis]]
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Kåre Fauskanger]]
* [http://www.uib.no/people/hnohf/adunaic.htm Adûnaic] by [[Helge Kåre Fauskanger]]
* [http://lalaith.vpsurf.de/Tolkien/Fr_Atani.html Lalaith's Etymologies to the Mannish Languages]  
* [http://lalaith.vpsurf.de/Tolkien/Fr_Atani.html Lalaith's Etymologies to the Mannish Languages]  
 
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Latest revision as of 13:53, 1 March 2022

Aran is the word for "king" or "chief" in Sindarin. Its plural form is erain.[1] In Quenya it was aran, as well.[2] The same root was shared by its Adûnaic cognate, ârû.[3] However, the seemingly unrelated Rohan tûrac was their word for "king."[4] A Westron cognate is not known.

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 40 entry aran
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 147
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Sauron Defeated, "Part Three: The Drowning of Anadûnê: (vi) Lowdham's Report on the Adunaic Language: Declension of nouns", p. 429
  4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "II. The Appendix on Languages", p. 53
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