This page will contain list of words for Earth's astronomical objects despite the fact that Arda's cosmology is very different, closer to the most ancient, mythological ideas about the Sun and Moon. Words specific to Arda's cosmogony will appear here in distant future.
English | Nûrlâm | Part of speech | Etymology | Comments |
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aeon | goiril | n | NL, see “goir”, “il”; compare with HG “ûrgul” | |
Arda | thard | n | NL < Valarin “Aþāraphelūn” (lit. “appointed dwelling”) + Quenya “Arda” | |
base | tâl | n | NL < LOS “âl”, “dâl” (plane); compare with EL “tala” (above) < Etym. “TALAM” (floor, base, ground); compare with “târ” (high) | |
Earth | thard | n | NL < Valarin “Aþāraphelūn” (lit. “appointed dwelling”) + Quenya “Arda” | |
emptiness | shad | n | DS | also with suffix “-urm” or “-um”; uncountable |
eternity | goiril | n | NL, see “goir”, “il”; compare with HG “ûrgul” | |
floor | tâl | n | NL < LOS “âl”, “dâl” (plane); compare with EL “tala” (above) < Etym. “TALAM” (floor, base, ground); compare with “târ” (high) | |
ground | tâl | n | NL < LOS “âl”, “dâl” (plane); compare with EL “tala” (above) < Etym. “TALAM” (floor, base, ground); compare with “târ” (high) | |
level | tâl | n | NL < LOS “âl”, “dâl” (plane); compare with EL “tala” (above) < Etym. “TALAM” (floor, base, ground); compare with “târ” (high) | |
month | shil | n | SV, HG (only “month”); probably from Quenya “isil”, “sil”, “silm”, Sindarin “ithil” (moon) | also period of time |
moon | shil | n | SV, HG (only “month”); probably from Quenya “isil”, “sil”, “silm”, Sindarin “ithil” (moon) | also period of time |
nihil | shad | n | DS | also with suffix “-urm” or “-um”; uncountable |
nothingness | shad | n | DS | also with suffix “-urm” or “-um”; uncountable |
plane | tâl | n | NL < LOS “âl”, “dâl” (plane); compare with EL “tala” (above) < Etym. “TALAM” (floor, base, ground); compare with “târ” (high) | |
sky | khîl | n | NL < DS “kʰīm” (Isengard), “kilm” (Mordor) < Proto-Orkish “kilmi” < Gnomish “climli” (heaven, sky), Adûnaic “gimli” (star) < Etym. “ƷEL”; compare with MERP “kîl” < Albanian “qiell” | uncountable |
sky | nût | n | EL, all Neo-BS dialects | uncountable |
star | ilz | n | LOS < Quenya “elen” < Etym. “EL”; compare with Hurrian “ilziri” (questionable meaning) | |
Sun | ûzh | n | DS (Moria) < Quenya “úrë” (heat) < Etym. “UR” (be hot), Valarin “urus” | |
sunlight | ûdhîr | n | NL, melting “ûzh” with “thîr” (see corresponding articles) | “thîr(um) ûzhob” (the light of the Sun) is more formal; uncountable |
void | shad | n | DS | also with suffix “-urm” or “-um”; uncountable |
world | thard | n | NL < Valarin “Aþāraphelūn” (lit. “appointed dwelling”) + Quenya “Arda” | |
year | ûzhraug | n | “sun cycle” |