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''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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Gimilzagar
Númenórean
Biographical Information
LanguageAdûnaic
BirthMid-Second Age
Family
ParentageTar-Calmacil
SiblingsTar-Ardamin
Physical Description
GenderMale

Gimilzagar was a 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.

Etymology

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