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'''''minas''''' or '''''minnas'''''{{fact}} is a noun meaning "tower" in [[Sindarin]], but often implying a citadel or a city with a watchtower.  
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==Etymology==
'''''minas''''' is a noun meaning "tower" in [[Sindarin]].<ref>{{HM|RC}}, pp. 41, 232</ref> The noun often appeared in compound names, where it implied a citadel or a city with a watchtower.
It seems to contain element ''[[min]]'' "one" and the ending ''[[-as]]'', perhaps evolving from [[OS]] *''minasse'' ([[rot]] [[MIN]])


==Examples==
==Examples==
* [[Annúminas]] = "Tower of the West"
* ''[[Annúminas]]''
* [[Minas Tirith]] = "Tower of the Guard"
* ''[[Minas Morgul]]''
* ''[[Minas Tirith]]''
==See also==
==See also==
*''[[mindon]]''
*''[[mindon]]''
{{references}}
{{references}}
* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]]
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* [http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindar/dict-sd-en.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] compiled by [[Didier Willis]]
 
[[Category:Sindarin nouns]]
[[Category:Sindarin nouns]]

Revision as of 11:41, 18 July 2011

minas is a noun meaning "tower" in Sindarin.[1] The noun often appeared in compound names, where it implied a citadel or a city with a watchtower.

Examples

See also

References