A noun translated “land” (SD/435) appearing in the Adûnaic names for the Blessed Realm: Amatthâni and thâni’nAmân. Its Primitive Adûnaic form was also ✶thāni, though its primitive was glossed “realm" (SD/420).
Adûnaic
zâyan
noun. land
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources Ad. zāyīn > *zāīn > zâin [zājīn] > [zāīn] > [zāin] ✧ SD/423 Variations
- zāyan ✧ SD/423
thâni
noun. land
Derivations
- ✶Ad. thāni “realm”
Element in
- Ad. Amatthâni “Blessed Realm, (lit.) Land of Manwë” ✧ SD/435
- Ad. thâni’nAmân “Land of Aman” ✧ SD/435
Variations
- thāni ✧ SD/435
An Adûnaic word for “land” (SD/423). It has an irregular plural form zâin which is the result of the phonetic change (SD/423): [[pad|medial [w] and [j] vanished before [u] and [i]]]. Thus, the archaic plural changed from †zâyîn > zâîn > zâin.
Conceptual Development: In earlier names this word appeared as zen (SD/378, 385).