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'''daur''' is the [[Sindarin]] form of the [[Quenya]] ''[[lár]]'', "pause".
'''Daur''' means "pause" in [[Sindarin]]


Also, it is the lenited form of "[[taur]]"
The word also referred to a [[Númenor]]ean linear measure equivalent to 5000 ''[[Ranga]]r''.
==Etymology==
From [[PQ]] *''dâr(a)'' [[root]] [[DAR]]
==Cognates==
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[lár]]''
==See also==
*''[[dar]]''
*''[[dartha]]''


[[Category:Sindarin words]]
''daur'' is also the [[lenition|lenited]] form of "[[taur]]" (q.v.)
 
[[Category:Sindarin nouns]]

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Daur means "pause" in Sindarin

The word also referred to a Númenorean linear measure equivalent to 5000 Rangar.

Etymology

From PQ *dâr(a) root DAR

Cognates

See also

daur is also the lenited form of "taur" (q.v.)