Lore:Yrch
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Yrch
Quick Facts
| Race: | Orcs |
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| Pronunciation: | Approximately oo'rch1 |
| Meaning: | 'Orcs' |
| Other Names: | Goblins, Orcs |
| Note: | Yrch is a plural term. The singular form is orch. |
An Elvish name for Orcs
The Sindarin name for the race known to Men as Orcs. 'Yrch' is the plural form; the singular is 'orch'.
Footnotes
| 1 | The 'ch' here should be pronounced as in German, so that the word ends with the same sound as Bach, rather than torch. 'oo' is close to the Sindarin vowel sound, but is not exactly correct. Tolkien suggests a sound similar that in the French word lune would match the Elves' pronunciation more closely. Note that in Gondor, 'y' was pronounced differently in Sindarin words, so that a native of that land would pronounce yrch more like 'eerch' than the 'oorch' given above. |
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