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'''''Caran''''' means "red" in [[Sindarin]]. Compare with the [[Quenya]] equivalent ''Carnë''.
'''''caran''''' is the [[Sindarin]] word for "red". Compare with its [[Quenya]] equivalent, ''[[Carnë]]''.<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, ''caran''</ref>


Example:
==Examples==
*[[Caranthir]] = "Red-face"
* ''[[Caranthir]]'' = "Red-face"
* ''[[Caradhras]]'' (''caran'' + ''[[ras]]'', with assimilation) = "Redhorn"


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Possible examples are
* ''[[Carcharoth]]'' (*''carn'' + ''[[carach]]'', with liquid mutation) = "[[Red Maw]]"
* ''[[Cardolan]]'' (*''carn'' + ''[[dol]]'' + ''[[-and]]'') = "country of red hills"
* ''[[Carn Dûm]]''
 
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Latest revision as of 21:19, 21 October 2012

caran is the Sindarin word for "red". Compare with its Quenya equivalent, Carnë.[1]

Examples[edit | edit source]

Possible examples are

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", caran