Atar

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atar (pl. atari) is a Quenya word meaning father.

Etymology

Possibly PQ *ataro from root ATA[1]

Other forms

  • atarinya "my father"[2]
  • ataremma "Our father"
  • ataren (dative) "To father"[3]

See also

Cognates

Inspiration

Atar can be compared to Greek/Latin pater.

In Gothic and Celtic branches the Indoeuropean initial p- was lost thence we have forms similar to atar, like Irish athair (from Proto-Celtic *ɸatīr) and Gothic atta.

Note also Turkish atto

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, The Etymologies
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, p. 70
  3. ↑ Vinyar Tengwar 43
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