hravan

wild beast

hravan noun "wild beast"; pl.Hravani "the Wild", used as a name of non-Edain Men (PE17:78, WJ:219). PE17:18 has Hrávani with a long á, glossed "Wild-men, Savages".

hravan

noun. wild beast

A word for a “wild beast” in notes from the mid-1960s, derived from the root √S-RAB “wild, in senses not tamed, domesticated” (PE17/78), hence meaning “wild animal” vs. a “tamed animal”, which would probably be Q. laman.

Cognates

• S. rhovan “wilderness; wild beast” ✧ PE17/078

Derivations

• ✶srāban “wild beast” ✧ PE17/078
  • √SRAB “wild, not tamed/domesticated” ✧ PE17/078

Element in

• Q. Hrávandil “*Wild Beast Friend”
• Q. Hravani “Wild-men, Savages”

Elements

Word	Gloss
hráva	“wild, savage, wild, savage, [ᴹQ.] untamed”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶srāban > hrăvan	[srāban] > [r̥āban] > [r̥āβan] > [r̥āvan] > [r̥avan]	✧ PE17/078

Variations

• hrăvan ✧ PE17/078

srāban

noun. wild beast

The primitive form of S. rhovan is attested in two different forms: ✶srāban < √SRAB (PE17/78) and ✶roban < √DROB or √SROB (PE17/99). Only the first of these could be the primitive of the attested Quenya cognate hravan.

Derivations

• √SRAB “wild, not tamed/domesticated” ✧ PE17/078

Derivatives

• Q. hravan “wild beast” ✧ PE17/078
• S. rhovan “wilderness; wild beast” ✧ PE17/078

Element in

• ✶Srāban-yānā “Wilderland”