English Explanatory Dictionary

Tengwar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  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).
noun
  1. plural of tengwa

Pronunciation

/ˈtɛŋ.ɡwɑː/ /ˈtɛŋ.ɡwɑɹ/

Word forms

Tengwar

Etymology

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.

Related words

tengwa tengwar
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