What does Zirakinbar mean

[Khamul]

Zirak looks to mean; tall, high, spike, pinnacle... but what does "inbar" means?

Anyone?

[zedturtle]

It's an older version of what became Zirak-Zigil. My best guess is that "High Horn" is the best way to translate it; 'inbar' (before it was deprecated) seems to mean horn or spur of rock.

[Earendil]

Zirakzigil is the Silvertine, and apparently "zigil" means "silver", so "zirak" presumably means "tine" i.e. "point" or "prong".

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Zirak

Barazinbar is the Redhorn, and "baraz" means "red, so "inbar" presumably means "horn".

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Barazinbar

So "Zirakinbar" seems to mean "point (of) horn", maybe referring to the tower's appearance, like a sharply projecting spike on the mountaintop?

[Khamul]

Thanks guys!