Már

már (pl. *mardi) and its alternative forms -mar, -bar, means "house, home, dwelling, family" in Quenya.

It also refers to a "House" as in "family line, dynasty" (cf. Mardil).

Etymology

PQ *mbard- or *mbâr- from root MBAR "dwelling, habitation"

Other forms

• Mardello "from home" (poet. "World")

Cognates

• Sindarin, bar, nos

See also

• Eldamar
• Eämbar = "Sea Home"
• Vinyamar = "New Home"
• Ingwemar
• mar "dwell"
• oromar "high hall"
• mardo "dweller"
• Mardil

References

• The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth by Ruth S. Noel
• Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Kåre Fauskanger

Notes

The above article suggests that már (mard-) is one word that refers to "home, family" and poetically to the "world" (Ambar)

Helge Fauskanger believes that már is unlikely to have the stem-form mard- and that the above word is actually two words: már (mar-) for "home, house", whereas mar (mard-) for "earth, world".