Hyarastorni

south

Hyarastorni place-name, region in Númenor, apparently including hyar- "south" and perhaps orni "trees" (UT:210)

Harmen

south

[Harmen] noun "south" (MEN)(Changed to hyarmen.)

hyarmen

south

hyarmen, Hyarmen noun "south" (SA, SA:men, KHYAR), literally "lefthand-direction" (VT49:12), since the Elves named the directions as they were to a person facing the Blessed Realm in the West Also name of tengwa #33 (Appendix E). In Hyarmendacil masc.name, "South-victor" (Appendix A), apparently also in the place-name Hyarmentir (name of a mountain; the element -tir means *"watch[ing point]".) (SA) Hyarnustar "the Southwestlands" of Númenor; Hyarrostar the "Southeastlands" (UT:165)

lie

noun. people

lië

people

lië noun "people" (LI, Narqelion, VT39:6), in Eldalië, losselië, Ornelië (q.v.); possessive #liéva in Mindon Eldaliéva (q.v.); maybe also compounded in #rohtalië, #ruhtalië (q.v.)

haradrim

noun. southerners, "Southrons"

haradrim

noun. South(ern) people

harad (“south”) + rim (collective plural suffix)

haradrim

collective name. Southrons, (lit.) People of the Harad

Sindarin name of the Southrons (LotR/245), a combination of harad “south” and the class-plural suffix -rim (Let/178).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name first appeared as N. Haradoth >> Haradhoth (WR/365), ending instead with hoth “host”.

Elements

Word	Gloss
harad	“south”
-rim	“collective or group plural”

harad

noun. south

harad

adjective. south

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

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

haradrim

southerners, southrons

(a coll. pl., ”people of the south”)

haradrim

people of the south

(southerners, southrons);

haradrim

Haradrim

Haradrim is a Sindarin name, consisting of the elements harad ("south") + rim ("host") thus meaning "South-people". Other names were Southerns, Southrons.

haradrim

people of the south

Haradrim (southerners, southrons);

haradrim

southerners, southrons

Haradrim (a coll. pl., ”people of the south”)

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).

galadhrim

people of the trees

(Elves of Lórien)

hâr

south

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

iathrim

people of doriath

(”Fence-people”) (WJ:378);

rohirrim

people of rohan

(Gondorian pronunciation of Rochirrim; see

gwathuirim

people of dunland

(”shadowy people”) (PM:330);

harven

south

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

gwaith

people

gwaith (i **waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, host, regiment, region; wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith**).

gwaith

people

(i ’waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, host, regiment, region; wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith).

denwaith

people of denwe

(WJ:385);

ilphen

 noun. everyone

il- (every/all) + pen (someone/somebody).

harad

noun. south

harad

noun. south

Changes

• haran → harad ✧ Ety/KHYAR

Cognates

• ᴹQ. hyarmen “south, left hand” ✧ Ety/KHYAR

Derivations

• ᴹ√KHYAR “left hand” ✧ Ety/KHYAR

Element in

• N. Harad “The South”
• N. haradren “southern” ✧ Ety/KHYAR
• N. Haradhoth “People of Harad”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√KHYAR > harad	[kʰjarata] > [kʰarata] > [xarata] > [xarat] > [xarad] > [harad]	✧ Ety/KHYAR

Variations

• haran ✧ EtyAC/KHYAR (haran)