Taur

2023-12-11T21:00:38Z

Koiras: Corrected some minor misakes in etymology

==Sindarin==

'''''taur''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "forest".<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}. pp. 82, 115</ref><ref>{{S|Appendix}}</ref>

===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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