tirin is both a Qenya and Gnomish noun applied to towers.[1]
Qenya
tirin (stem tirind-) in Qenya means "tall tower, turret, minaret".[2]
Examples
- Estirin = "Outer Tower"
- Ingil's Tirin = "Tower of Ingil"
Gnomish
tirin in Gnomish means "watch-tower, turret, tower".[3] The Qenya cognate was tirion.[1]
Examples
- Tirimbrithla = "Tower of Pearl"
- Tirin na Gilweth = "Tower of Gilweth"
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I, entry "Kortirion"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 93
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 71