Ainur
English
editEtymology
editFrom an Valarin-Quenya word meaning "saints" or "holy ones", likely from Quenya aina (“holy, revered, numinous”), ultimately derived from the Primitive Quendian root *AYA ("reverence", "holiness").
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editAinur
- (fantasy) the immortal, angelic spirits made of the thought of Eru Ilúvatar and existing before the Creation in J.R.R. Tolkien's fictional universe.