harad

place name. The South

The southern regions of Middle-earth (LotR/248), it is simply harad “south” used as a name.

Conceptual Development: The name was already N. Harad when it first appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/333).

Elements

Word	Gloss
harad	“south”

harad

noun. south

Cognates

• Q. hyarmen “south, (lit.) left-hand direction” ✧ LotR/1115; LotR/1123; PE17/018; PE17/088; SA/hyarmen; PE17/018

Element in

• S. Harad “The South”
• S. Haradrim “Southrons, (lit.) People of the Harad”
• S. Haradwaith “South-folk, the Harad”

Variations

• Harad ✧ LotR/1115

harad

noun. south

harad

adjective. south

_adj. _south, southern. Q. hyarmen, hyarna. >> har-

harad

Harad

Harad means "South" in Sindarin. The word is derived from root KHYAR, and is cognate to Quenya hyarmen ("south"). It is also called Haradwaith which includes gwaith ("people"). The Men of Harad were called Haradrim ("Southern-host").

harad

south

1) (”the South” as an area) Harad (i Charad, o Charad, 2) hâr (i châr, o châr, construct har) (also = ”left”). 3) The word Harven (i Charven, o Charven) may refer primarily to ”south” as a direction; the final element -ven means ”way”. (VT45:23). Adj.

harad

south

(i Charad, o Charad

haradren

south, southern

(lenited charadren; pl. heredrin), also harn (lenited charn, pl. hern). Note: a homophone of the latter means ”wounded”, and as noun harn also means ”helmet” (so haradren may be preferred for clarity).

haradrim

southerners, southrons

(a coll. pl., ”people of the south”)

harven

south

(i Charven, o Charven) may refer primarily to ”south” as a direction; the final element -ven means ”way”. (VT45:23). Adj.

hâr

south

(i châr, o châr, construct har) (also = ”left”).