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'''Taur''' is a [[Sindarin]] word, with several meanings, depending on the etymology.
==Sindarin==


It can mean:
'''''taur''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "forest".<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}. pp. 82, 115</ref><ref>{{S|Appendix}}</ref>
* ''large forest'' ([[TÁWAR]])
* ''king (of a tribe, not a land)'' ([[TUR]])
* ''mighty, vast, sublime'' ([[TA3]]) (probably merged with TUR above)


[[Category:Sindarin words]]
===Etymology===
 
Sindarin ''taur'' is a descendant form of [[Common Eldarin]] ''tau-rē'', derived from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[TAW]].<ref name=PE17/>
 
===Cognates===
 
*[[Quenya]] ''[[taure]]''<ref name=PE17/>
 
==Noldorin==
 
===Etymology 1===
 
'''''taur''''' is a [[Noldorin]] word meaning "great wood, forest",<ref group=note>Note that it was used only of "huge forests", affected by the meaning of its homophones.</ref> a descendant form of [[Common Eldarin]] ''[[taurē]]'', derived from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[TAW#Other versions of the legendarium|TÁWAR]].<ref name=LR1>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 391</ref>
 
===Etymology 2===
 
'''''taur''''' is a poetic/archaic (†) [[Noldorin]] word meaning "king", derived from Common Eldarin ''[[tāro]]'' ("king: only used of the legitimate kings of the whole tribes"), from root [[TĀ|TĀ, TAƷ]].<ref name=LR2>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 389</ref>
 
===Etymology 3===
 
'''''taur''''' is a [[Noldorin]] adjective meaning "vast, mighty, overwhelming, awful - also high, sublime" (poetic only or in ancient titles and names), from roots [[TĀ|TĀ, TAƷ]]/[[TUR]].<ref name=LR1/><ref name=LR3>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 395</ref>
 
==Ilkorin==
 
The [[Ilkorin]] word '''''taur''''' means "great wood, forest" or "wood (place and material), a descendant form of [[Primitive Quendian]] ''taurē'', derived from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[TAW#Other versions of the legendarium|TÁWAR]].<ref name=LR1/>
 
==See also==
 
*[[daur#Daur in the Song of Praise|''Daur'' in the Song of Praise]]
 
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Sindarin[edit | edit source]

taur is a Sindarin word meaning "forest".[1][2]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

Sindarin taur is a descendant form of Common Eldarin tau-rē, derived from root TAW.[1]

Cognates[edit | edit source]

Noldorin[edit | edit source]

Etymology 1[edit | edit source]

taur is a Noldorin word meaning "great wood, forest",[note 1] a descendant form of Common Eldarin taurē, derived from root TÁWAR.[3]

Etymology 2[edit | edit source]

taur is a poetic/archaic (†) Noldorin word meaning "king", derived from Common Eldarin tāro ("king: only used of the legitimate kings of the whole tribes"), from root TĀ, TAƷ.[4]

Etymology 3[edit | edit source]

taur is a Noldorin adjective meaning "vast, mighty, overwhelming, awful - also high, sublime" (poetic only or in ancient titles and names), from roots TĀ, TAƷ/TUR.[3][5]

Ilkorin[edit | edit source]

The Ilkorin word taur means "great wood, forest" or "wood (place and material), a descendant form of Primitive Quendian taurē, derived from root TÁWAR.[3]

See also[edit | edit source]

Notes

  1. Note that it was used only of "huge forests", affected by the meaning of its homophones.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. 82, 115
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 391
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 389
  5. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 395