"Sindarin" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|qya|-}} Quenya Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Sindarin
  1. A constructed language, partly inspired by Welsh, spoken by certain elves and others in J. R. R. Tolkien's works. Wikipedia link: Sindarin, en:J. R. R. Tolkien Categories (topical): Artificial languages, J. R. R. Tolkien Coordinate_terms: Quenya, Tengwar Translations (constructed language): 辛達林 (Chinese Mandarin), 辛达林 (Xīndálín) (Chinese Mandarin), sindarština [feminine] (Czech), Sindarijns [neuter] (Dutch), シンダール語 (Shindāru-go) (Japanese), シンダリン (Shindarin) (Japanese), синдари́н (sindarín) [masculine] (Russian), синдарински [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sindarinski [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sindarin [masculine] (Spanish)
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