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'''Tar-''' was the [[Quenya]] title taken on by [[Númenorean]] rulers meaning "high" as in "royal" or "noble".
'''Tar-''' was the [[Quenya]] title taken on by [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] rulers meaning "high" as in "royal" or "noble". The feminine form ''tári'' meant "queen".<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, ''tar-''</ref>


[[Category:Quenya words]]
==Examples==
* [[Annatar]]
* [[Elentári]]
* [[Kementári]]
 
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Revision as of 19:46, 21 October 2012

Tar- was the Quenya title taken on by Númenórean rulers meaning "high" as in "royal" or "noble". The feminine form tári meant "queen".[1]

Examples

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", tar-