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''''' | '''''caran''''' is the [[Sindarin]] word for "red". Compare with its [[Quenya]] equivalent, ''[[Carnë]]''.<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, ''caran''</ref> | ||
==Examples== | |||
*[[Caranthir]] = "Red-face" | * ''[[Caranthir]]'' = "Red-face" | ||
* ''[[Caradhras]]'' (''caran'' + ''[[ras]]'', with assimilation) = "Redhorn" | |||
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* ''[[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
- Carcharoth (*carn + carach, with liquid mutation) = "Red Maw"
- Cardolan (*carn + dol + -and) = "country of red hills"
- Carn Dûm
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", caran