ar

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The word ar or âr can have various meanings:

Root[edit | edit source]

Adûnaic[edit | edit source]

  1. A prefix used to denominate kingship, equivalent to Quenya Tar-[1]

Quenya[edit | edit source]

  1. "And"[2]
  2. "Beside, outside, without"[2]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

Sindarin[edit | edit source]

  1. "Beside, without" (archaic)[3]
  2. A shorter form of ara, "high, lofty, noble"[1]
  3. Âr "king (used of a lord or king of a specified region)"

Noldorin[edit | edit source]

Tolkien apparently used the word ar to translate "and" in a Noldorin phrase inscribed on a draft of Thrór's Map.[4][5][6]

Examples[edit | edit source]

Westron[edit | edit source]

  1. The name of the twenty-first Tengwa.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", ar(a)-
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 70
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", ar-
  4. 4.0 4.1 Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator, pp. 92, 150 (note 6)
  5. 5.0 5.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "An Unexpected Party" (translation by Gandalf of the Old English runes on the map)
  6. 6.0 6.1 Thrór's map inscription at Jrrvf.com (accessed 27 June 2011)