már

már (pl. mardi)^[1][2] and its alternative forms -mar, -bar, means "house, home, dwelling, family" in Quenya.

It also refers to a "House" as in "family line, dynasty" (cf. Mardil Voronwë), or poetically to the world (cf. Ambar).

[edit] Etymology

From root MBAR "dwelling, habitation".^[3]

The hyphen indicates that the last letter was a short vowel but we cannot know which, since it was lost in Quenya.^[source?]

[edit] Other forms

• Mardello "from home" (poet. "World")

[edit] Cognates

• Sindarin, bar, nos

[edit] See also

• Eldamar
• Eämbar = "Sea Home"
• Vinyamar = "New Home"
• Ingwemar
• mar "dwell"
• oromar "high hall"^[2]
• mardo "dweller"
• Mardil Voronwë

[edit] References

1. ↑ Vinyar Tengwar, Number 46, July 2004, p. 13
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} 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.64
3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies"

• The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth by Ruth S. Noel
• Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Fauskanger

[edit] Notes

The above article suggests that már (mard-) is one word that refers to "home, family" and poetically to the "world" (Ambar).^[source?]

Helge Fauskanger believes that már is unlikely to have the stem-form mard- and that the above word is actually two words: már (mar-) for "home, house", whereas mar (mard-) for "earth, world".