Q. palan adj. and adv. “far (and wide), afar, distant” (Category: Far)
A Quenya word for “far and wide” appearing regularly in Tolkien’s writings, most notably in palantír “far gazer”. It was derived from the root √PAL “wide, broad, extended” (PE17/65; VT47/8; Ety/PAL). In The Etymologies of the 1930s Tolkien contrasted with word with ᴹQ. hāya “far off, far away”, saying that palan more properly means “wide, over a wide space, to a distance” (EtyAC/KHAYA). Thus palan is “far” in extent (far and wide) as opposed to haia which is “far” in distance only.
References ✧ CPT/1296, 1298; PE17/25, 65, 86; SA/palan; UT/401; VT47/8
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| √PAL > palan | [palan] | ✧ VT47/8 |
ᴹQ. palan adj. and adv. “far, distant, wide, to a great extent, over a wide space, to a distance” (Category: Far)
References ✧ Ety/PAL; EtyAC/KHAYA
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| ᴹ√PAL > palan- | [palan] | ✧ Ety/PAL |