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'''Tar-''' was the [[Quenya]] title taken on by [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] rulers meaning "high" as in "royal" or "noble". | '''Tar-''' was the [[Quenya]] title taken on by [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] rulers meaning "high" as in "royal" or "noble". The feminine form ''tári'' meant "queen".<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, ''tar-''</ref> | ||
[[Category:Quenya | ==Examples== | ||
* ''[[Annatar]]'' - "Lord of Gifts" | |||
* ''[[Elentári]]'' - "Star-Queen" | |||
* ''[[Kementári]]'' - "Queen of the Earth" | |||
* ''[[Tarcil]]'' - "High Man" | |||
* ''[[Sorontar]]'' - "[[Lord of the Eagles]]" | |||
==Etymology== | |||
''[[The Etymologies]]'' mention [[Primitive Quendian]] ''tāro'' ("king: only used of the legitimate kings of the whole tribes"), from root TĀ. The same root yields [[Noldorin]]/[[Sindarin]] ''[[taur]]''.<ref name=LR2>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 389</ref>= | |||
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[[Category:Quenya prefixes]] | |||
[[Category:Quenya suffixes]] | |||
[[Category:Númenor]] | [[Category:Númenor]] |
Latest revision as of 06:56, 20 September 2023
Tar- was the Quenya title taken on by Númenórean rulers meaning "high" as in "royal" or "noble". The feminine form tári meant "queen".[1]
Examples[edit | edit source]
- Annatar - "Lord of Gifts"
- Elentári - "Star-Queen"
- Kementári - "Queen of the Earth"
- Tarcil - "High Man"
- Sorontar - "Lord of the Eagles"
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The Etymologies mention Primitive Quendian tāro ("king: only used of the legitimate kings of the whole tribes"), from root TĀ. The same root yields Noldorin/Sindarin taur.[2]=
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", tar-
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 389