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alcar is Quenya for "glory".[1][2]

Etymology

Root KAL ("light; shine, be bright").[3]

Examples

Cognates

The Sindarin form is aglar.[2]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entry aglar
  2. 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Notes and Translations", in The Road Goes Ever On (J.R.R. Tolkien, Donald Swann), note 3, p. 65
  3. 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), entry S aglar, p. 24 and root KAL-, p. 156