yôzâyan

place name. Land of Gift

This is the Adûnaic equivalent of Q. Andor “Land of Gift”, one of the names given to the land of Númenor (UT/184, SD/241). Its final element is zâyan “land”, so its initial element ✱yô most likely means “gift”. Conceptual Development: Tolkien experimented with many variations on this name before settling on Yôzâyan. The development seems to have been Athânâtê >> Amatthânê >> Zen’nabâr >> Abarzâyan >> Yôzâyan, all of which were glossed “Land of Gift”.

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Andóre “Land of Gift” ✧ SD/241

Element in

• Ad. êphalak îdô Yôzâyan “far away now (is) the Land of Gift” ✧ SD/247

Elements

Word	Gloss
yô	“gift”
zâyan	“land”

Variations

• Yōzāyan ✧ SD/241; SD/247; VT24/12

abarzâyan

place name. Land of Gift

A draft Adûnaic name for the “Land of Gift”, later replaced by Yôzâyan (SD/388). Its final element is zâyan “land”. Its initial element seems to be abâr, which also appeared in its predecessor Zen’nabâr. If so, then abâr probably meant “gift” at this stage, though its later meaning was “strength, endurance, fidelity”.

Changes

• Abarzâyan → Yôzâyan ✧ SD/388
• Abarzâyan → Yôzâyan “Land of Gift” ✧ SDI2/Abarzâyan

Elements

Word	Gloss
abâr	“strength, endurance, fidelity”
zâyan	“land”

zen’nabâr

place name. Land of Gift

A draft Adûnaic name for the “Land of Gift”, later replaced by Abarzâyan (SD/378). Its initial element zen is a draft name for “land” also seen in the draft name Zen’namân for the Blessed Realm. Its final element seems to be abâr, joined to the first element with an elided form of the genitive prefix an- “of”. If so, then at the time abâr may have meant “gift”, but its later meaning was “strength, endurance, fidelity”.

Changes

• Zenn’abâr → Zen’nabâr “Land of Gift” ✧ SD/378
• Zen’nabâr → Abarzâyan ✧ SD/378
• Zen’nabâr → Abarzâyan “Land of Gift” ✧ SDI2/Zen’nabâr
• Zenn’abâr → Zen’nabâr ✧ SDI2/Zen’nabâr

Elements

Word	Gloss
zen	“land (draft)”
an-	“of; genitive/adjectival prefix”
abâr	“strength, endurance, fidelity”

Variations

• Zenn’abâr ✧ SD/378; SDI2/Zen’nabâr (Zenn’abâr)

amatthânê

place name. Land of Gift

A draft Adûnaic name for the “Land of Gift”, later replaced by Zen’nabâr (SD/378). A variant of this name reappeared later as Amatthâni, the Adûnaic name for the Blessed Realm.

Changes

• Amatthânê → Zenn’abâr “Land of Gift” ✧ SD/378
• Amatthânê → Amatthâni “Land of Gift” ✧ SD/388
• Amatthânê → Zen’nabâr “Land of Gift” ✧ SDI2/Amatthânê

athânâtê

place name. Land of Gift

The first-draft Adûnaic name for the “Land of Gift”, later replaced by Amatthânê (SD/312).

Changes

• Athānātē → Amatthânê ✧ SD/378
• Athânâte → Amatthânê “Land of Gift” ✧ SDI2/Athânâte
• Athânâti → Amatthânê ✧ SDI2/Athânâte

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Andóre “Land of Gift” ✧ SD/305

Element in

• Ad. ēphal ēphalek īdōn athanātē “far far away is now the Land of Gift” ✧ SD/312

Variations

• Athānāti ✧ SD/305
• athanātē ✧ SD/312
• Athānātē ✧ SD/378 (Athānātē)
• Athânâte ✧ SDI2/Athânâte (Athânâte)
• Athânâti ✧ SDI2/Athânâte (Athânâti)