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'''''nan''''', '''''nann''''', or '''''nand''''' is a noun meaning "valley" in [[Sindarin]].
==Sindarin==
'''''nan''''' or ('''''nand-''''', '''''nan(d)'''''), is a noun meaning "valley, vale" in [[Sindarin]].<ref>{{L|230}}, p. 308</ref><ref>{{PE|17}}, pp. 37, 83</ref>


Examples:
===Examples===
* [[Nan Curunír]] = "[[Curunír]]'s Valley"
*''[[Nan Curunír#Etymology|Nan Curunír]]''
* [[Nan Dungortheb]] = "Valley of the Horrible West"
*''[[Nan Dungortheb#Etymology|Nan Dungortheb]]''
*''[[Nanduhirion]]''
 
==Noldorin/Doriathrin==
'''''Nan''''' is a [[Noldorin]] (or perhaps [[Doriathrin]]) word glossed as "land at foot of hills with many streams",<ref>{{VT|45a}}, p. 36</ref> Noldorin '''''nand''''', '''''nann''''' is glossed as "wide grassland", and Doriathrin '''''nand''''' is glossed as "field, valley".<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 374</ref>
===Etymology===
 
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] NAD<ref name=LR/>


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* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]]
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* [http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindar/dict-sd-en.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] compiled by [[Didier Willis]]
[[Category:Noldorin nouns]]
 
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This article is about the Sindarin noun. For the Quenya prefix meaning "back", see nan-.

Sindarin

nan or (nand-, nan(d)), is a noun meaning "valley, vale" in Sindarin.[1][2]

Examples

Noldorin/Doriathrin

Nan is a Noldorin (or perhaps Doriathrin) word glossed as "land at foot of hills with many streams",[3] Noldorin nand, nann is glossed as "wide grassland", and Doriathrin nand is glossed as "field, valley".[4]

Etymology

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 230, (dated 8 June 1961), p. 308
  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), pp. 37, 83
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part One" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 45, November 2003, p. 36
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 374
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