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}}'''Gimilzagar''' was a [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] of the royal house, the younger son of King [[Tar-Calmacil]] the eighteenth ruler of the island kingdom. His line of descent made him the great-uncle of Tar-Calmacil's grandson [[Ar-Adûnakhôr]], who broke with tradition by taking his royal name in the [[Adûnaic]] tongue. Some sources suggest that Gimilzagar was the ancestor of [[Inzilbêth]] the mother of [[Tar-Palantir]], though the details of this ancestry are open to question.
}}'''Gimilzagar''' was the second son of [[Tar-Calmacil]],<ref>{{UT|Index}}</ref> the eighteenth ruler of [[Númenor]]. He may or may not have been the ancestor of [[Inzilbêth]], mother of [[Tar-Palantir]].<ref>{{UT|Kings}}, Note 12</ref>
== Genealogy ==
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{{familytree |ARD| |GIM|ARD=[[Tar-Ardamin]]|GIM='''GIMILZAGAR'''}}
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==Etymology==
==Etymology==
''Gimilzagar'' seems to mean "Star-sword" in [[Adûnaic]] (from ''[[gimil]]'', 'star' and ''[[zagar]]'', 'sword').
''Gimilzagar'' seems to mean "Star-sword" in [[Adûnaic]] (from ''[[gimil]]'', 'star' and ''[[zagar]]'', 'sword').
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[[Category:House of Elros]]
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Revision as of 00:01, 3 August 2011

Gimilzagar
Númenórean
Biographical Information
AffiliationKing's Men
LanguageAdûnaic
BirthS.A. 2630
Family
HouseHouse of Elros
ParentageTar-Calmacil
SiblingsTar-Ardamin
Physical Description
GenderMale

Gimilzagar was the second son of Tar-Calmacil,[1] the eighteenth ruler of Númenor. He may or may not have been the ancestor of Inzilbêth, mother of Tar-Palantir.[2]

Genealogy

 
 
Tar-Alcarin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tar-Calmacil
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tar-Ardamin
 
GIMILZAGAR


Etymology

Gimilzagar seems to mean "Star-sword" in Adûnaic (from gimil, 'star' and zagar, 'sword').

References