Taur

taur is a Sindarin word meaning "forest".

Etymology

Sindarin taur is a descendant form of Common Eldarin tau-rē, derived from root TAW.

Cognates

• Quenya taure

Etymology 1

taur is a Noldorin word meaning "great wood, forest", a descendant form of Common Eldarin taurē, derived from root TÁWAR.

Etymology 2

taur is a poetic/archaic (†) Noldorin word meaning "king", derived from Common Eldarin tāro ("king: only used of the legitimate kings of the whole tribes"), from root TĀ, TAƷ.

Etymology 3

taur is a Noldorin adjective meaning "vast, mighty, overwhelming, awful - also high, sublime" (poetic only or in ancient titles and names), from roots TĀ, TAƷ/TUR.

The Ilkorin word taur means "great wood, forest" or "wood (place and material), a descendant form of Primitive Quendian taurē, derived from root TÁWAR.

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