Appendix:Sindarin/adan

Sindarin

Etymology

Borrowed from Quenya atan, both in real-world terms and diegetically.

Noun

adan • 2#5# (plural edain)

1. Man (species)
2. human (male or female)

   Synonyms: feir, fíreb

3. specifically, a human belonging to or descending from one of the three houses of Elf-friends first encountered by the Sindar

   Synonym: dúnadan

References

• Paul Strack (2008–2023) “adan”, in Eldamo – An Elvish Lexicon‎^[1]