Quenya 

atanatar

proper name. Father of Men

A title given to the three houses of the Elf-friends in Beleriand: the Beorians, Hadorians and Halethians, usually appearing in the plural form Atanatári “Fathers of Men” (S/103). More properly, it was used to describe the original leaders of those houses (PM/324). The title is compound of Atan “Man” and atar “father”. It was also the name of the 10th and 16th kings of Gondor (LotR/1038).

Quenya [LotRI/Atanatar; PE17/024; PE17/114; PM/054; PM/324; PMI/Atanatar; PMI/Atanatári; S/103; S/190; SA/atar; SI/Atanatári; UTI/Atanatar; WJ/039; WJ/166; WJ/174; WJI/Atanatári] Group: Eldamo. Published by