The Othram,[1] or simply the City Wall, was Minas Tirith's outer defense, in which was located the city's Great Gate.[2]
It was described as "being made of the same impenetrable black rock as the Tower of Orthanc.[2]
Etymology
Othram is a Sindarin name meaning "City Wall", being derived from the elements ost ("fort, fortress, stronghold, citadel; fortified town; enclosure")[3] and ram ("wall").[1][4]
In adaptations
Lord of the Rings film trilogy
In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, the Othram is depicted as being of a shining white color. It contained the city's Great Gate.
Translations
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Amharic | ዖጥራም |
| Arabic | أوثرام |
| Armenian | Օտհրամ |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Отhрам |
| Bengali | ওথ্রাম |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Отхрам |
| Chinese | 奥斯兰 |
| Danish | Bymuren (Othram) |
| Greek | Οθραμ |
| Gujarati | ઑથ્રમ |
| Hebrew | ותהראמ |
| Hindi | ओथ्राम |
| Japanese | オトラム |
| Kannada | ಓಥ್ರಮ |
| Kazakh Cyrillic | Отһрам |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Отhрам |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Отрам |
| Marathi | ओथ्रम |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Отhрам |
| Nepalese | ॐथ्रम |
| Pashto | وتهرام ? |
| Persian | وتهرام |
| Punjabi | ਓਥ੍ਰਮ |
| Russian | Отхрам |
| Serbian | Отрам (Cyrillic) Otram (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | ඕථ්රම් |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Отҳрам |
| Tamil | ஓத்ஹ்ரம் |
| Telugu | ఓథ్రమ |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Отрам |
| Urdu | اوترام |
| Uzbek | Отҳрам (Cyrillic) Othram (Latin) |
| Yiddish | אָטהראַם |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The History of Middle-earth, The War of the Ring, "Part Three: Minas Tirith", III. "Minas Tirith", pg. 288
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, Ch. I: "Minas Tirith"
- ↑ Ost on Eldamo.org
- ↑ Ram on Eldamo.org