Atar

atar (pl. atari) is a Quenya word meaning father.

Etymology

CE atar, from possibly PQ *ataro, Root ATA

Other forms

• atarinya "my father"
• ataremma "Our father"
• ataren (dative) "To father"

See also

• Atanatar
• Ilúvatar
• atto/atya
• atarince "little father"

Cognates

• Sindarin adar

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