Quenya 

Calion

the golden

Calion, Tar-Calion, masc. name, the Quenya name of King Ar-Pharazôn "the Golden". Calion would seem to be connected to cal- "shine", cálë "light". (Silm)

calion

masculine name. *Son of Light

Tar-Calion was the Quenya name of Ad. Ar-Pharazôn, the last king of Númenor. This name seems to be a compound of cala “light” and the patronymic suffix -ion “-son” (S/270).

Conceptual Development: This character’s name was first given as ᴹQ. Angor, but the name was quickly changed to ᴹQ. Tar-Kalion (LR/27). In the Addenda and Corrigenda to The Etymologies, there is a name ᴹQ. Tar-kulu that the editors suggested could be an otherwise unattested variant of Tar-Calion (EtyAC/KUL).

A primitive form of this name, ✶Kalajondo, appeared in some linguistic notes from the 1950s (PE21/76).

Cognates

  • Ad. Pharazôn “Golden” ✧ PMI/Ar-Pharazôn; UTI/Ar-Pharazôn

Derivations

Elements

WordGloss
cala“light, light; [ᴱQ.] daytime (sunlight), 12 hours”
-ion“-son, masculine patronymic”

Variations

  • Kalion ✧ PMI/Ar-Pharazôn; PMI/Tar-Kalion
  • calion ✧ SA/kal
Quenya [PMI/Ar-Pharazôn; PMI/Tar-Kalion; SA/kal; SI/Tar-Calion; UTI/Ar-Pharazôn; UTI/Tar-Calion] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Caliondo

rock

Caliondo, masc. name, maybe a longer form of Calion above (unless Caliondo contains ondo "rock") (UT:210)

tarcalion

tarcalion

tarcalion = Tar-Calion, masc. name, Quenya name of Ar-Pharazôn (LR:47, SD:246); see Calion