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'''''atar''''' (pl. '''atari''') is a [[Quenya]] word meaning ''father''.
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'''''atar''''' (pl. ''atari'') is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "father".<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, ''atar''</ref>
 
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
Possibly [[PQ]] *''ataro'' from [[root]] [[ATA]]<ref>{{HM|LR}}, [[The Etymologies]]</ref>
*[[CE]] ''atar'', from possibly earlier *''ataro''{{fact}}
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] [[ATA]]<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, ''ATA</ref>
 
==Other forms==
*''atarinya'' "my father"<ref>{{HM|LR}}, p. 70</ref>
*''ataremma'' "Our father"
*''ataren'' (dative) "To father"<ref>{{VT|43a}}, p. 8</ref>
 
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Atanatar]]
*''[[Atanatári|Atanatar]]''
*[[Ilúvatar]]
*''[[Ilúvatar]]''
*[[atto]]/[[atya]]
*''[[atto]]/[[atya]]''
*[[atarince]] "little father"
*''[[atarince]]'' "little father"
 
==Cognates==
==Cognates==
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[adar]]''
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[adar]]''
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''Atar'' can be compared to Greek/Latin ''pater''.  
''Atar'' can be compared to Greek/Latin ''pater''.  


In Gothic and Celtic branches the Indoeuropean initial p- was lost thence we have forms similar to ''atar'', like Irish ''athair'' (from Proto-Celtic ''*ɸatīr'')
In Gothic and Celtic branches the Indoeuropean initial p- was lost thence we have forms similar to ''atar'', like Irish ''athair'' (from Proto-Celtic ''*ɸatīr'') and [[Gothic]] ''atta''.


Note also Turkish ''atto''
Note also Turkish ''atto''.
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atar (pl. atari) is a Quenya word meaning "father".[1]

Etymology

Other forms

  • atarinya "my father"[3]
  • ataremma "Our father"
  • ataren (dative) "To father"[4]

See also

Cognates

Inspiration

Atar can be compared to Greek/Latin pater.

In Gothic and Celtic branches the Indoeuropean initial p- was lost thence we have forms similar to atar, like Irish athair (from Proto-Celtic *ɸatīr) and Gothic atta.

Note also Turkish atto.

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", atar
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", ATA
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, p. 70
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien, "'Words of Joy': Five Catholic Prayers in Quenya — Part One" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne, Arden R. Smith, and Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 43, January 2002, p. 8