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Wordlist: Cosmic

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.

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English Nûrlâm Part of speech Etymology Comments
day ârsh n LOS, probably from Etym. “AR1”, compare with Quenya “arië” (daytime), “árë” (daylight), “aurë” (day, daylight)
moon, month 1) hrân* n merging LOS “ran” < Quenya “Rána” (moon as deity) with Svartiska “hân” (see below) also about period
2) hân SV consider this variant as Colloquial Nûrlâm derived from variant 1)
sky 1) nût n EL, all major dialects
2) khîm DS Isengard “kʰīm” < Proto-Orkish “kilmi” < Gnomish “climli” (heaven, sky), Adûnaic “gimli” (star) < Etym. “ƷEL”
star 1) ilz n LOS < Quenya “elen”
2) ulun HG < Quenya “elen”; compare with SV “ûlûrag”
sun 1) dîl n SV
2) ûzh n DS (Moria) < Quenya “úrë” (heat) < Etym. “UR” (be hot), Valarin “urus”
year dîlroth* n lit. “sun cycle”

See also

Words for Sun and stars are present also in category Fire. Some intervals of time are related to motion of cosmic objects.

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