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''' | '''''Istari''''' (sing. '''''Istar''''') is a [[Quenya]] word which translates to "[[wizards]]" or "those who know".<ref name=L156>{{L|156}}</ref><ref name=UT/> | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The word comes from the verb ''[[ista]]'' "to know", and possibly the agentive ending ''[[-ro]]''. | The word comes from the verb ''[[ista-]]'' ("to know"), and possibly the [[Wikipedia:Agentive ending|agentive ending]] ''[[-ro]]''.<ref>[[Helge Fauskanger]], "[http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/affix~1.htm Quenya Affixes]" at [http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/ Ardalambion] (accessed 15 December 2011)</ref> | ||
==Other forms== | ==Other forms== | ||
* | *''Istarion'': "of Wizards"<ref name=UT>{{UT|Istari}}</ref> ([[Wikipedia:Genitive case|genitive plural]])<ref>[[Helge Fauskanger]], "[http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/eng-quen.rtf English-Quenya Wordlist (Quettaparma Quenyanna)]" at [http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/ Ardalambion] (accessed 25 June 2011)</ref> | ||
==Cognates== | ==Cognates== | ||
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[ithron]]'' | *[[Sindarin]] ''[[ithron]]''<ref name=UT/> | ||
==Examples== | |||
*''[[Heren Istarion]]'' ("Order of Wizards")<ref name=UT/> | |||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
[[Category:Quenya nouns]] | [[Category:Quenya nouns]] | ||
Revision as of 20:07, 15 December 2011
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Istari (sing. Istar) is a Quenya word which translates to "wizards" or "those who know".[1][2]
Etymology
The word comes from the verb ista- ("to know"), and possibly the agentive ending -ro.[3]
Other forms
- Istarion: "of Wizards"[2] (genitive plural)[4]
Cognates
Examples
- Heren Istarion ("Order of Wizards")[2]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 156, (dated 4 November 1954)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Istari"
- ↑ Helge Fauskanger, "Quenya Affixes" at Ardalambion (accessed 15 December 2011)
- ↑ Helge Fauskanger, "English-Quenya Wordlist (Quettaparma Quenyanna)" at Ardalambion (accessed 25 June 2011)
