taras noun, Quenya equilvalent of Sindarin barad "a great towering building, (fort, city, castle) tower" (PE17:22), also tarminas. Barad-dûr (Dark Tower) = Quenya Taras Lúna (or Lúnaturco, q.v.)
Quenya
tarminas
tower
tarminas
noun. great towering building (fort/city/castle), tower
Elements
Word Gloss tar- “high, high; [ᴹQ.] king or queen (in compounds)” minassë “fort, city (with a citadel and central watch tower)”
taras
great towering building, (fort, city, castle) tower
turma
tower
[turma] (2) noun "tower". Tolkien changed this word to turco (#2), q.v. (PE17:22)
marto
tower
marto (1) noun "tower" (PE17:66)
marto
noun. tower
Cognates
- S. barad “tower, great towering building, tower, great towering building, [N.] fort, fortress” ✧ NM/228; PE17/066
Derivations
- √M(B)ARAT “doom, fate” ✧ NM/228
- √MBAR “settle, dwell; establish, fix, decide, determine, make a decision, settle; establish, fix, decide, determine, make a decision; dwell, [ᴹ√] inhabit, [ᴱ√] live”
- √BARAT “lofty, high, height combined with strength/size/majesty” ✧ PE17/066
- √BAR “[ᴹ√] raise; uplift, save, rescue(?)”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √BAR-AT > marto [mbarto] > [marto] ✧ PE17/066
turco
tower
turco ("k") (2) noun "tower". In Lúnaturco, Quenya name of Barad-dûr (Dark Tower). Tolkien changed the word turco from turma (PE17:22).
tarminas noun "tower" etc. (Sindarin barad); see taras (PE17:22)