Meanings
proper noun
- A constructed language, partly inspired by Welsh, spoken by certain elves and others in J. R. R. Tolkien's works.
Origin
Developed by J. R. R. Tolkien as a language in his fantasy works, in which the word Sindarin itself is not of Sindarin origin: it is a term in Quenya (another of Tolkien's constructed languages), derived from Sindar, the Quenya name for the people who spoke it, which in turn is derived from sinda (“grey”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian си́ндарин
- си́ндарин (síndarin)constructed language
Chinese Mandarin 辛達林 /辛达林
- 辛達林 /辛达林 (Xīndálín)constructed language
Czech sindarština
- sindarštinaconstructed language
Dutch Sindarijns
- Sindarijnsconstructed language
French sindarin
- sindarinconstructed language
German Sindarin
- Sindarinconstructed language
Japanese シンダール語, シンダリン
- シンダール語 (Shindāru-go)constructed language
- シンダリン (Shindarin)constructed language
Polish sindarin
- sindarinconstructed language
Russian си́ндарин
- си́ндарин (síndarin)constructed language
Spanish sindarin
- sindarinconstructed language
Cite this entry
APA
Sindarin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sindarin
MLA
“Sindarin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sindarin. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sindarin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sindarin.
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