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'''''hyarmen''''' is a noun meaning "south" in [[Quenya]].<ref name="Names">{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The names of the letters''</ref> | |||
[[Image:Hyarmen.gif|left]]''Hyarmen'' is also the name in Quenya of the thirty-third letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.<ref name="Names"/> In origin it was a variation on ''[[Harma]]'' (letter 11) and represented '''HY''',<ref>{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The names of the letters'', Footnote 1</ref> but by the [[Third Age]] its most frequently represents '''H'''.<ref>{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The additional letters''</ref> It was one of the most widely known and used of all the Tengwar since it indicated "north" even in languages that used a very different term.<ref name="Names"/> The Westron name for this letter is '''''Há'''''.<ref>See [[Westron Tengwar]]</ref> | |||
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==Etymology== | |||
In the West-lands of [[Middle-earth]] the four cardinal directions were ''[[Númen]], Hyarmen, [[Rómen]],'' and ''[[Formen]]'', and they were named in this order, beginning with (and facing) west. ''Hyarmen'' meant a left-hand region and ''Formen'' meant a right-hand region.<ref name="Names"/> Thus the word for "south" derives from the [[Primitive Quendian]] [[Sundocarme|root]] [[KHYAR]], meaning "left hand", plus [[MEN]] indicating direction.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, KHYAR-</ref> | |||
==Examples== | |||
*''[[Hyarmentir|'''Hyarmen'''tir]]'' | |||
==See Also == | |||
* Quenya ''[[Formen]]'' ("north") | |||
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]] | |||
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Revision as of 20:47, 8 November 2012
hyarmen is a noun meaning "south" in Quenya.[1]
Hyarmen is also the name in Quenya of the thirty-third letter of the Tengwar alphabet.[1] In origin it was a variation on Harma (letter 11) and represented HY,[2] but by the Third Age its most frequently represents H.[3] It was one of the most widely known and used of all the Tengwar since it indicated "north" even in languages that used a very different term.[1] The Westron name for this letter is Há.[4]
Etymology
In the West-lands of Middle-earth the four cardinal directions were Númen, Hyarmen, Rómen, and Formen, and they were named in this order, beginning with (and facing) west. Hyarmen meant a left-hand region and Formen meant a right-hand region.[1] Thus the word for "south" derives from the Primitive Quendian root KHYAR, meaning "left hand", plus MEN indicating direction.[5]
Examples
See Also
- Quenya Formen ("north")
- Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Fauskanger
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", Note, The names of the letters
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", Note, The names of the letters, Footnote 1
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", Note, The additional letters
- ↑ See Westron Tengwar
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", KHYAR-
