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| '''''Istari''''' (sing. '''''Istar''''') is a [[Quenya]] word which translates to "[[wizards]]" or "those who know".<ref name=L156>{{L|156}}</ref><ref name=UT/>
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| ==Etymology==
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| The word comes from the verb ''[[ista-]]'' ("to know"), and possibly the [[Wikipedia:Agentive ending|agentive ending]] ''[[-ro]]''.<ref>[[Helge Fauskanger]], "[http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/affix~1.htm Quenya Affixes]" at [http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/ Ardalambion] (accessed 15 December 2011)</ref>
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| ==Other forms==
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| *''Istarion'': "of Wizards"<ref name=UT>{{UT|Istari}}</ref> ([[Wikipedia:Genitive case|genitive plural]])<ref>[[Helge Fauskanger]], "[http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/eng-quen.rtf English-Quenya Wordlist (Quettaparma Quenyanna)]" at [http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/ Ardalambion] (accessed 25 June 2011)</ref>
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| ==Cognates==
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| *[[Sindarin]] ''[[ithron]]''<ref name=UT/>
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| ==Examples==
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| *''[[Heren Istarion]]'' ("Order of Wizards")<ref name=UT/>
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| [[Category:Quenya nouns]]
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| [[de:Istari]]
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| [[fr:encyclo/personnages/ainur/maiar/istari]]
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| [[fi:Istari]]
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