nan (Sindarin noun)

The name Nan refers to more than one character, item or concept. For a list of other meanings, see Nan (disambiguation).

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

Root NAD^[4]

References

↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 230, (dated 8 June 1961), p. 308
↑ 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
↑ 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
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 374

[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

[LR-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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