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Sindarin

Sindarin proper noun: a constructed language, partly inspired by Welsh, spoken by certain elves and others in J. R. R. Tolkien's works.

Proper noun

Sindarin

  1. A constructed language, partly inspired by Welsh, spoken by certain elves and others in J. R. R. Tolkien's works.

Origin of Sindarin

Developed by J. R. R. Tolkien as a language in his fantasy works, in which the word Sindarin itself is not of Sindarin origin: it is a term in Quenya (another of Tolkien's constructed languages), derived from Sindar, the Quenya name for the people who spoke it, which in turn is derived from sinda (“grey”).

Questions about Sindarin

What does Sindarin mean?
Sindarin means a constructed language, partly inspired by Welsh, spoken by certain elves and others in J. R. R. Tolkien's works.
What part of speech is Sindarin?
Sindarin is a proper noun.

Words near Sindarin in the dictionary

  1. Sind
  2. Sindabur
  3. Sindall
  4. Sindangan
  5. Sindapur
  6. Sindarin
  7. Sindbad
  8. Sindbadian
  9. Sinde
  10. Sindebele
  11. Sindelar

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