Q. Mairon m. “Admirable”
The original name of Sauron before his corruption by Melkor (PE17/183). Even after his corruption, he still called himself Mairon or Tar-Mairon sometimes, at least until he lost his beautiful form after the fall of Númenor (PE17/183). This name seems to be a masculinized form of the adjective maira “admirable”.
References ✧ PE17/183
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| maira | “admirable, excellent, precious, splendid, sublime” |
| -on¹ | “masculine suffix” |