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In this sense ''Ambar'' is different than ''[[Arda]]'', which refers to the world as a physical whole.
In this sense ''Ambar'' is different than ''[[Arda]]'', which refers to the world as a physical whole.
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
[[Root]] A-[[MBAR]] "dwelling, habitation"<ref name="E" />
[[Sundocarmë]] A-[[MBAR]] "dwelling, habitation"<ref name="E" />
==Cognates==
==Cognates==
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[amar]]'' "earth", ''[[bar]]'' "land"
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[amar]]'' "earth", ''[[bar]]'' "land"

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ambar (gen. *ambarto) means "doom" in Quenya.

Etymology

Possibly from PQ *ambarata < root MBARAT[1]

Examples

Other forms

The full stem seems to be *ambart-

  • ambartanen[2] "by doom"

Cognates

Ambar

Ambar also refers to "The World" with the connotation of "habitation" or "home" ("Oikoumene"[3]), which referred to the inhabited world, as oppossed to the barbaric wild.

In this sense Ambar is different than Arda, which refers to the world as a physical whole.

Etymology

Sundocarmë A-MBAR "dwelling, habitation"[1]

Cognates

See also

Notes

The Elves may have equated the concept of "doom" with the inhabited world because their fëar were tied eternally with Arda, as opposed to Men, whose souls escape beyond the world upon death (see: the Gift of Men).

Furthermore, the roots MBAR and MBAR-AT might be ultimately related.


References