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| '''Melkor''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈmelkor]}}) means "mighty arising"<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}, p. 115</ref> or "'Mighty-rising', [[Wikipedia:Viz.|sc.]] 'uprising of power'"<ref name=P4k>{{MR|P4k}}, p. 350</ref>. The name is generally used to refer to this [[Valar|Vala]] prior to his theft of the [[Silmarils]]; for after the theft [[Fëanor]] named him '''[[Morgoth]]'''.
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| ==Etymology==
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| ''Melkor'' is a compound of ''mbelek-'' (''melek'', "great, mighty, powerful"; root [[BEL|BEL, MBEL]]) + ''[[óre]]''.<ref name=PE17/>
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| The older form of ''Melkor'' is said to be ''Melkórë''.<ref name=P4k/>
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| In earlier versions of the [[legendarium]], the form of the name was ''Melko''.<ref>{{HM|HM}}</ref> At one instance in a late glossary (c. 1959), ''Melko'', meaning "simply 'the Mighty One'", is also said to be an alternative form of ''Melkor''.<ref name=P4k/>
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Morgoth]] (main article)
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| *[[Morgoth Bauglir]]
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| [[Category:Valar]] | | [[Category:Valar]] |
| [[Category:Quenya names]] | | [[Category:Quenya names]] |
| [[Category:Evil]] | | [[Category:Evil]] |
| [[de:Melkor]]
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| [[fr:encyclo/personnages/ainur/valar/melkor]]
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