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'''''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.
'''''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.


==Origins==
==Examples==
As Tolkiens created languages draw influence from semitic languages, chances are that the word ''Minas'' comes from the europeanized version of the arabic ''minâra'', namely ''Minaret''.
* ''[[Annúminas|Annú'''minas''']]'' = "West-tower"
* ''[[Minas Ithil|'''Minas''' Ithil]]'' aka ''[[Minas Morgul]]'' = "Tower of the Moon", "Tower of black sorcery"
* ''[[Minas Anor|'''Minas''' Anor]]'' aka ''[[Minas Tirith]]'' = "Tower of the Sun", "Tower of the Guard"
*''[[Mindolluin|'''Min'''dolluin]]'' = "Towering-head-blue"


==Cognates==
*[[Quenya]] ''[[mindon]]''
*[[Noldorin]] ''[[minnas]]''


==Examples==
* ''[[Annúminas]]''
* ''[[Minas Morgul]]''
* ''[[Minas Tirith]]''
==See also==
==See also==
*''[[mindon]]''
*''[[barad]]''
*[[Noldorin]] ''[[minnas]]''


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Latest revision as of 09:59, 1 November 2019

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.

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Cognates[edit | edit source]

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References