TARA

From Tolkien Gateway

TARA is a Qenya root signifying "to batter, thud, beat". Along with the root MALA, TARA makes up the word Maltar, which is the name of Aulë’s hammer.[1]

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  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Sí Qente Feanor and Other Elvish Writings", in Parma Eldalamberon XV (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Patrick H. Wynne, and Bill Welden), Appendix, Text V, p. 15