Tengwar

//ˈtɛŋ.ɡwɑː// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of tengwa form-of, plural
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A constructed script created by J. R. R. Tolkien for his invented Elvish constructed languages of Sindarin (ISO 639 code sjn) and Quenya (ISO 639 code qya).

    "He's now trying to arrange for a type font set in the Tengwar alphabet"

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"Tom takes his notes in Tengwar."

Etymology

Developed by J. R. R. Tolkien. From tengwar, the term Tolkien invented to represent the glyphs found in Tengwar. From tengwa, the singular of "tengwar", a single glyph.

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