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[[Image:Tengwar Ambar.gif|right|150px]]'''''ambar''''' means "doom" in [[Quenya]]. | [[Image:Tengwar Ambar.gif|right|150px]] | ||
'''''ambar''''' means "doom" in [[Quenya]].<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}, p. 66</ref> | |||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] MBART ("doom, fate").<ref name=PE17/><ref name="E">{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 372</ref> | |||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
* [[Ambaráto]], "Champion of Doom" | * [[Ambaráto]], "Champion of Doom" | ||
* [[Turambar]], "Master of Doom" | * [[Túrin|Turambar]], "Master of Doom" | ||
*[[martya]] | *[[martya]] | ||
*[[Umbar (word)|umbar]] | |||
==Cognates== | ==Cognates== | ||
*[[Sindarin]], ''[[amarth]]'' | *[[Sindarin]], ''[[amarth]]'' | ||
=Ambar= | =Ambar= | ||
'''''Ambar''''' also refers to "The World" with the connotation of "habitation" or "home" ("[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oikumene Oikoumene]"<ref>{{HM|L}}, [[Letter 283]]</ref>), which referred to the inhabited world, as | [[File:Sage - Arda in the Second Age.png|thumb|The flat World during the [[Second Age]]]] | ||
'''''Ambar''''' also refers to "The World" with the connotation of "habitation" or "home" ("[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oikumene Oikoumene]"<ref>{{HM|L}}, [[Letter 283]]</ref>), which referred to the inhabited world, as opposed to the barbaric wild. | |||
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|Root]] A-[[MBAR]] "dwelling, habitation"<ref name="E" /> | ||
==Cognates== | ==Cognates== | ||
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[amar]]'' "earth", ''[[bar]]'' "land" | *[[Sindarin]] ''[[amar]]'' "earth", ''[[bar]]'' "land" | ||
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Revision as of 13:12, 17 June 2015
ambar means "doom" in Quenya.[1]
Etymology
Examples
Cognates
Ambar
The flat World during the Second Age
Ambar also refers to "The World" with the connotation of "habitation" or "home" ("Oikoumene"[3]), which referred to the inhabited world, as opposed to the barbaric wild.
In this sense Ambar is different than Arda, which refers to the world as a physical whole.
Etymology
Root A-MBAR "dwelling, habitation"[2]
Cognates
See also
- már, "home, dwelling"
- Ambar-metta, "the Ending of the World"
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 66
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 372
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien, Humphrey Carpenter (ed.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 283
