Anar
sun
anar
noun. Sun
The most common Quenya name for the Sun derived from primitive ✶Anār, an augmented form of the root √NAR “fire” (Let/425; PE17/38; Ety/ANÁR; SD/302, 306).
Conceptual Development: This term appeared in Silmarillion drafts of the 1930s with the gloss “Heart of Flame” (LR/240) and as ᴹQ. Anar “sun” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, already with the derivation given above (Ety/ANÁR, NAR¹).
Cognates
- S. Anor “Sun” ✧ PE17/038; SA/nár
Derivations
Element in
- Q. Amanar “Yule”
- Q. Anarcalin “*Sun-Bright” ✧ PE21/86
- Q. Anar caluva tielyanna “The sun shall shine upon your path” ✧ UT/022
- Q. Anardil “*Lover of the Sun” ✧ PE17/152
- Q. Anárion “*Son of the Sun” ✧ SA/nár
- Q. anar púrëa tihta “a bleared sun blinking” ✧ MC/222; MC/222
- Q. Anarríma “*Sun Border”
- Q. Anarya “Sunday, (lit.) Sun-day”
- Q. ceuranar “new sun after solstice”
- Q. coranar “(solar) year, (lit.) sun-round”
- ᴺQ. táranar “noon, (lit.) high-sun”
- ᴺQ. oranar “noon, (lit.) above Sun”
- ᴺQ. sardanar “corundum, (lit.) hard sun”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √NAR > Anar [anār] > [anar] ✧ Let/425 √(A)NAR > anā̆r [anār] > [anar] ✧ PE17/038 ✶(a)nar > Anar [anār] > [anar] ✧ SA/nár Variations
- anar ✧ MC/222; PE17/152
- anā̆r ✧ PE17/038
Narsil
sun
Narsil (Þ) noun the sword of Elendil, compound of the stems seen in Anar "Sun" and Isil "Moon"; see Letters:425 for etymology
Calaventë
sun
Calaventë _("k")_noun "Sun" (LT1:254)
Calavénë
sun
Calavénë _("k")_noun "Sun" (lit. "light-vessel", "light-dish") (LT1:254)
úr(in)
proper name. Sun
A late remnant of earlier names for the Sun: ᴱQ. Ûr and ᴹQ. Úrin. In Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s, this name was changed from Úrin >> Naira >> Vása (MR/198), but the form Úr(in) occasionally appeared in some later writings (PE17/148, MR/377). This name was a derivative of the root √UR “heat, be hot” (PE17/148).
Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, this name was ᴱQ. Ûr, Ur or Úri “Sun”, but literally meaning “Fire” (LT1/187, QL/98). The name became ᴹQ. Úrin in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/240). It was rejected in The Etymologies along with the root form ᴹ√UR, but reappeared sometimes in later writing as noted above.
Changes
Úrin→ Naira ✧ MR/198Derivations
- √UR “heat, be hot” ✧ PE17/148
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √UR > Úrin [ūrin] ✧ PE17/148 Variations
- Úrin ✧ MR/198 (
Úrin); MRI/Úr; PE17/148- Úr ✧ MR/377; MRI/Úr
úri
sun
úri noun "sun" (MC:214, 221; this is "Qenya"); genitive úrio "sun's" (MC:216)
Anor
noun. sun
Anor
noun. Sun
_n. Astron._Sun. Q. anār/anăr. >> Ithil
anor
noun. Sun
The most common Sindarin name for the Sun derived from primitive ✶Anār, an augmented form of the root √NAR “fire” (PE17/38; Ety/ANÁR; SD/302-303, 306). The o is the result of ancient ā becoming au and then this au becoming o in polysyllables.
Conceptual Development: The term Anor was first mentioned in conjunction with early tales of Númenor (LR/41). It briefly appeared as N. {ánar >>} Anar “sun” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the entry for ᴹ√NAR (Ety/NAR¹; EtyAC/NAR¹), but as Anor under ᴹ√ANÁR (Ety/ANÁR). In The Notion Club Papers of the 1940s it was Anor, archaic †Anaur (SD/302-303, 306) and it retained this form thereafter.
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √(A)NAR > anor [anār] > [anǭr] > [anaur] > [anor] ✧ PE17/038 Variations
- anor ✧ PE17/030; PE17/038; PE17/055
Anor
sun
1) Anor (pl. Anoer if there is a pl.) Archaic Anaur (SD:306). 2) naur (mainly in compounds as nar-, -nor) (flame, fire), pl. noer, coll. pl. norath.
anor
sun
(pl. Anoer if there is a pl.) Archaic Anaur (SD:306).
naur
sun
(mainly in compounds as nar-, -nor) (flame, fire), pl. noer, coll. pl. norath.
ûri
noun. sun
A noun translated “sun” (SD/306, 428). This word appears in the forms ûrê, ûri and ûrî, but Tolkien declared that the form with long î is actually the personified form Ûrî “Lady of the Sun” (SD/426), perhaps the Adûnaic name of Q. Arien. The form ûrê only appears once (SD/426), so ûri is probably to be preferred as the ordinary word for Sun, especially since it is a neuter noun, which ordinarily cannot end in a long -ê (SD/427). Tolkien lists the “later forms Uir, Ŷr” (SD/306), one of which may be the Westron word for “sun”, most likely Wes. uir. As suggested by several authors (AAD/24, EotAL/UR), ûri is probably derived from the Elvish root ᴹ√UR.
Cognates
- ᴹQ. Anar “Sun” ✧ SD/306
Derivations
- √UR “heat, be hot”
Derivatives
- Wes. uir “sun” ✧ SD/306
Element in
- Ad. Ûrî “(Lady of the) Sun” ✧ SD/426
- Ad. Ûrinîluwat “Sun and Moon” ✧ SD/428
- Ad. ûriyat nîlô “sun and moon” ✧ SD/428
Variations
- Ūri ✧ SD/306
- ūrē ✧ SD/426
- ūri ✧ SD/428
anār
noun. Sun
Derivations
- √NAR “fire, fire, [ᴹ√] flame”
Derivatives
Variations
- (a)nar ✧ SA/nár
Anor
noun. sun
anor
noun. Sun
Changes
- ánar → Anar ✧ Ety/NAR¹
Cognates
- ᴹQ. Anar “Sun” ✧ Ety/ANÁR; Ety/NAR¹; LR/041; LRI/Anar; SD/306; SDI2/Anar
Derivations
Element in
- N. Anórien
- N. elanor “sun-star”
- N. Minas Anor “Tower of the Sun”
- N. Aranor “*Sun-day”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶anār- > Anor [anārǝ] > [anār] > [anǭr] > [anour] > [anaur] > [anor] ✧ Ety/ANÁR ᴹ✶Anār > Anaur > Anor [anār] > [anǭr] > [anour] > [anaur] > [anor] ✧ SD/302 ᴹ✶Anār > Anaur > Anor [anār] > [anǭr] > [anour] > [anaur] > [anor] ✧ SD/306 Variations
- Anar ✧ Ety/NAR¹
- ánar ✧ EtyAC/NAR¹ (ánar)
- Anaur ✧ SDI2/Anar (Anaur)
anaur
noun. Sun
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uir
noun. sun
A word listed as a later form of Ad. ûri “sun” (SD/306) and therefore perhaps a Westron word, as suggested by Andreas Moehn (EotAL/UR). The other “later form” Ŷr is unlikely to be Westron, since y seems not to be a vowel in Westron.
Derivations
Variations
- Uir ✧ SD/306
anar
noun. Sun
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- ᴹQ. Anárion
- ᴹQ. anaristya “[unglossed]”
- ᴹQ. anaróre “sunrise”
- ᴹQ. enyáre tar i tyel, íre Anarinya qeluva “in that day beyond the end, when my Sun faileth” ✧ LR/072
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶anār- > Anar [anār] > [anar] ✧ Ety/ANÁR ᴹ√NAR¹ > Anar [anār] > [anar] ✧ Ety/NAR¹ ᴹ✶Anār > Anar [anār] > [anar] ✧ SD/306 Variations
- anar ✧ PE22/019; PE22/023
anār
noun. Sun
Derivations
- ᴹ√NAR “flame, fire” ✧ Ety/ANÁR
Derivatives
Element in
- ᴹ✶Phayanāro “Radiant Sun”
Variations
- anār- ✧ Ety/ANÁR
aur(a)
noun. Sun
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as Aur “Sun” (GL/20), probably a cognate of ᴱQ. Ûr from the root ᴱ√URU as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Ûr; QL/098). It appeared as aura in G. nalos·aura “sunset” and G. orosaura “sunrise” (GL/59, 62). The word G. aur “sun” was also mentioned in Gnomish Lexicon Slips with corrections for that document (PE13/114), but by The Etymologies of the 1930s, N. aur meant “day”, whereas N. Anor became the name of the Sun (Ety/ANÁR, AR¹).
Cognates
- Eq. Ûr “Sun, (lit.) Fire” ✧ LT1A/Ûr
Derivations
- ᴱ√URU ✧ LT1A/Ûr
Element in
- G. Aura-nûmin “Sunset” ✧ GL/20
- G. Aurfaiglim “the Sun at noon” ✧ GL/20
- G. Auros ✧ GL/20
- G. Fôs Aura “Sun’s Bath” ✧ LT1A/Ûr
- G. haurost “dawn” ✧ GL/20 (
aurost); LT1A/Ûr- G. Nalos·Aura “Sunset” ✧ GL/59
- G. orosaura “sunrise” ✧ GL/62
- G. Rost’aura “Sunrise”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√URU > Aur [ūra] > [aura] > [aur] ✧ LT1A/Ûr Variations
- Aur ✧ GL/20; GL/75; LT1A/Ûr; LT1I/Aur
- aura ✧ GL/59; GL/62 (aura)
- aur ✧ PE13/114
galaduir
proper name. Sun
hŷr
noun. sun
A word appearing in the Gnomish Lexicon Slips of the 1910s as {ŷr >>} hŷr “sun” beside a variant G. aur of the same meaning (PE13/114).
Changes
ŷr→ hŷr ✧ PE13/114Element in
- G. Aura-nûmin “Sunset” ✧ PE13/114 (
Hyrnymi)- G. Aurfaiglim “the Sun at noon” ✧ PE13/114 (
Hýrfaiglin)- G. Auros ✧ PE13/114
- G. hyrost “*dawn” ✧ PE13/114
Variations
- ŷr ✧ PE13/114 (
ŷr)
uril
proper name. Sun
Cognates
- Eq. Ûr “Sun, (lit.) Fire” ✧ LT1A/Ûr
Derivations
- ᴱ√URU ✧ LT1A/Ûr
úr
noun. sun
Changes
húr→ úr ✧ PE13/155Cognates
Derivations
- ᴱ✶ourū̆ “sun” ✧ PE13/155
Element in
Variations
- húr ✧ PE13/155 (
húr)
ourū̆
noun. sun
Changes
ourǝ→ ourū̆ ✧ PE13/155Derivatives
Variations
- ourǝ ✧ PE13/155 (
ourǝ)
auro
noun. sun
A noun appearing in Early Noldorin Word-lists as {ūru >>} auro, cognate of ᴱN. úr “sun”, and derived from {✶ourǝ >>} ✶ourū̆ (PE13/155). Elsewhere Q. Úr(in) was a name for the Sun from the 1910s up through the 1950s, but Tolkien eventually changed this to Vása (MR/198).
Changes
ūru→ auro ✧ PE13/155Cognates
- En. úr “sun” ✧ PE13/155
Derivations
- ᴱ✶ourū̆ “sun” ✧ PE13/155
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶ourū̆ > auro [ouru] > [ouro] > [auro] ✧ PE13/155 Variations
- ūru ✧ PE13/155 (
ūru)
sári
proper name. Sun
A name for the Sun in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/186), probably a derivative of the root ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Sári).
Derivations
- ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” ✧ LT1A/Sári
Variations
- Sāri ✧ PE14/014
ahúra
noun. Sun
An early Qenya word for the Sun appearing in a word list from the 1920s (PE15/77). Its etymology is obscure.
Element in
- Eq. ahúrasilqi “sun and moon” ✧ PE15/77
Anar noun "Sun" (ANÁR, NAR1, SA:nár; UT:22 cf. 51); anar "a sun" (Markirya); Anarinya "my Sun" (FS). See also ceuranar, Úr-anar. (According to VT45:6, Tolkien in the Etymologies mentioned anar "sun" as the name of the short vowel carrier of the Tengwar writing system; it would be the first letter if anar is written in Quenya mode Tengwar.) Compounded in the masc. name Anárion "Sun-son" (Isildur's brother, also the Númenorean king Tar-Anárion, UT:210); also in Anardil "Sun-friend" (Appendix A), a name also occurring in the form Anardilya with a suffix of endearment (UT:174, 418). Anarya noun second day of the Eldarin six-day week, dedicated to the Sun (Appendix D). Anarríma name of a constellation: *"Sun-border"??? (Silm; cf. ríma)