Esgalduin

Esgalduin was the main river of Doriath. It flowed from the hills of Dorthonion through Doriath past the caves of Menegroth under the Stone Bridge leading to the gates of the city; finally meeting up with the River Sirion in the west.

The Esgalduin had two unnamed upper branches of its own in Ered Gorgoroth. One ran along the border between Dor Dínen and Nan Dungortheb, and the other ran west for about 20 miles from the mountains into Nan Dungortheb and further south-east until merging with the first.

Etymology

In a manuscript dating from the late 1950's and early 1960's, Tolkien wrote that Esgalduin is Sindarin for "the river under shade".

In earlier etymologies, Esgalduin was said to be Ilkorin for "River under Veil (of [?leaves])", consisting of the elements esgal ("screen, hiding, roof of leaves") + duin ("water, river").^{[citation needed]}

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Amharic	ዐስጋልዱኢን
Arabic	اسغالدوان
Armenian	Եսգալդւին
Belarusian Cyrillic	Эсгалдуін
Bengali	জগাল্ডউইন
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Есгалдуин
Burmese	ဧသ္ဂလ္ဒုဣန္
Cambodian	អេសហ្គីឌីន
Catalan	Esgàlduin
Chinese (Hong Kong)	愛斯卡督印河
Danish	Esgalduinfloden ("Den Tilslørede Flod")
Georgian	ესგალდუინი
Greek	Εσγαλδοιν
Gujarati	એસ્ગ્લડુઇન
Hebrew	אסגאלדואין
Hindi	एस्गल्दुइन
Japanese	エスガルドゥイン
Kannada	ಏಸ್ಗಲ್ದುಇನ
Kazakh	Эскалдин (Cyrillic) Éskaldïn (Latin)
Korean	에스 갈딘
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Эсгалдуин
Macedonian Cyrillic	Есгалдуин
Marathi	एस्गल्डुइन
Mongolian Cyrillic	Эсгалдуин
Nepalese	एस्गलडिन
Pashto	ېسګالدوین
Persian	هسگالدوین ?
Polish	Esgalduina
Punjabi	ਐਸਗਲਾਡੁਇਨ
Russian	Эсгалдуин
Sanskrit	एस्गल्दुइन्
Serbian	Езгалдуин (Cyrillic) Ezgalduin (Latin)
Sinhalese	ඒස්ගල්දුඉන්
Tajik Cyrillic	Есгалдуин
Tamil	ஏஸ்கல்துஇந்
Telugu	ఏస్గల్దుఇన
Thai	แซgะลดุิน ?
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Есгальдуин
Urdu	اسگالڈوان
Uzbek	Есгалдуин (Cyrillic) Esgalduin (Latin)
Yiddish	ײסגאַלדוינ