ar
From Tolkien Gateway
The word ar or âr can have various meanings:
Root
Adûnaic
Quenya
Etymology
Sindarin
- "Beside, without" (archaic)[3]
- A shorter form of ara, "high, lofty, noble"[1]
- Âr "king (used of a lord or king of a specified region)"
Noldorin
Tolkien apparently used the word ar to translate "and" in a Noldorin phrase inscribed on a draft of Thrór's Map.[4][5][6]
Examples
- Phrase on a draft of Thrór's Map: "Lheben teil brann i annon ar neledh neledhi gar godrebh" ("Five feet high the gate and three by three they go through together"[4] or "Five feet high the door and three may walk abreast"[5][6])
Westron
- The name of the twenty-first Tengwa.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", ar(a)-
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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. 70
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", ar-
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator, pp. 92, 150 (note 6)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "An Unexpected Party" (translation by Gandalf of the Old English runes on the map)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Thrór's map inscription at Jrrvf.com (accessed 27 June 2011)
- Quenya Corpus Wordlist at Ardalambion
- Adûnaic at Ardalambion
- Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary compiled by Didier Willis
- Jim Allan, Report from Marquette
