topon. 'Redhorn', a great mountain tapering upwards. Dw. Baraz-inbar.
Sindarin
Caradhras
noun. red horn
Caradhras
'Redhorn'
caradhras
place name. Redhorn
Sindarin name of a peak in the Misty Mountains translated “Redhorn”, itself a translation of Kh. Barazinbar of the same meaning (LotR/283). This name is a combination of caran “red” and rass “horn”, with the dh appearing because [[s|[nr] became [ðr]]] in the phonological history of Sindarin (LotR/1113, PE17/36).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, Tolkien first considered and rejected the names N. Bliscarn and N. Carnbeleg before settling on N. Taragaer “Ruddyhorn” (RS/419, 433), with Taragaer also appearing in The Etymologies (Ety/TARÁK). In these early drafts, Tolkien also considered the names N. Caradras and Rhascaron (RS/433), and he eventually switched to Caradras >> Caradhras (TI/166), keeping the final name thereafter.
Cognates
- Kh. Barazinbar “Redhorn” ✧ LotR/0283; LotRI/Barazinbar; LotRI/Caradhras; PE17/035; RC/266; TI/166; TI/174
Derivations
- S. Caran-rass “Redhorn” ✧ LotR/1113; PE17/036; SA/caran; TI/174
Elements
Word Gloss caran “red” rass “horn, horn [of both animals and mountains]” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources S. caran-rass > Caradhras [karanrass] > [karaðrass] > [karaðras] ✧ LotR/1113 S. caran-rass > Caradhras [karanrass] > [karaðrass] > [karaðras] ✧ PE17/036 S. caran-rass > Caradhras [karanrass] > [karaðrass] > [karaðras] ✧ SA/caran S. caran-rass > Caradhras [karanrass] > [karaðrass] > [karaðras] ✧ TI/174 Variations
- Caraðras ✧ PE21/86
caran-rass
place name. Redhorn
The archaic form of Caradhras; see that entry for further discussion.
Derivatives
- S. Caradhras “Redhorn” ✧ LotR/1113; PE17/036; SA/caran; TI/174
Elements
Word Gloss caran “red” rass “horn, horn [of both animals and mountains]” Variations
- caran-rass ✧ LotR/1113; PE17/036; SA/caran; TI/174
Caradhras
Redhorn
The name is Sindarin and means Redhorn. It is composed of caran "red" and ras "horn". As a compound, the contact of n next to r presents a phenomenon similar to prestanneth: Caran-ras is assimilated to Caradhras.
Barazinbar (or also Baraz) is the literal Khuzdul translation of "Redhorn".
Caradhras
Caradhras
caran (“red”) + ras (“horn, mountain peak”) Dhr is < n-r in secondary contact; the original form of ras is probably rass with the final s dropped at the end of a polysyllable [HKF].