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tengwar

UK/ˈtɛŋ.ɡwɑː/US/ˈtɛŋ.ɡwɑɹ/

tengwar is the plural of tengwa.

Meaning of tengwa

Noun

tengwa (plural tengwar)

  1. A glyph found in Tengwar.

Proper noun capitalized: Tengwar

Tengwar

  1. A constructed script created by J. R. R. Tolkien for his invented Elvish constructed languages of Sindarin (ISO 639 code sjn) and Quenya (ISO 639 code qya).
    • He's now trying to arrange for a type font set in the Tengwar alphabet1969, Leland Sapiro, editor, Riverside Quarterly, volume 4, page 75
    • For example, Unicode hasn't yet incorporated Tengwar (an elvish script) into its official repertoire (although it's on the roadmap—there are, after all, many maps of Middle Earth).2012, Jon Orwant, Programming Perl, →ISBN, page 311

Origin of tengwar

Developed by J. R. R. Tolkien. From tengwar, the term Tolkien invented to represent the glyphs found in Tengwar. From tengwa, the singular of "tengwar", a single glyph.

Questions about tengwar

What does tengwar mean?
Tengwar means a constructed script created by J. R. R. Tolkien for his invented Elvish constructed languages of Sindarin (ISO 639 code sjn) and Quenya (ISO 639 code qya).
What is tengwar the plural of?
Tengwar is the plural of tengwa.
What part of speech is tengwar?
Tengwar is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce tengwar?
Tengwar is pronounced /ˈtɛŋ.ɡwɑː/ (UK).

Words near tengwar in the dictionary

  1. Tengrists
  2. Tengs
  3. tengu
  4. tengus
  5. tengwa
  6. tengwar
  7. Tengzhou
  8. Tenharim
  9. Tenhoff
  10. Tenhoffs
  11. tenia

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