Ambar
From Tolkien Gateway
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
- 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.