caran

caran is the Sindarin word for "red". Compare with its Quenya equivalent, Carnë.^[1]

[edit] Examples

• Caranthir = "Red-face"
• Caradhras (caran + ras, with assimilation) = "Redhorn"

Possible examples are

• Carcharoth (*carn + carach, with liquid mutation) = "Red Maw"
• Cardolan (*carn + dol + -and) = "country of red hills"
• Carn Dûm

[edit] References

1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", caran