Appendix:Quenya/Mairon

Quenya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmai̯rɔn]

Proper Noun

Mairon

1. the Admirable, ancient name of Sauron

Usage notes

changed when he was suborned by Melkor, “but he continued to call himself Mairon the Admirable, or Tar-mairon ‘King Excellent’, until after the downfall of Númenor”. We are perhaps to understand that Mairon is a translation by sense of Sauron’s original Valarin name.