Quenya 

Elentári

star-queen

Elentári noun "Star-queen", title of Varda (EL, SA:tar)

Tinwerontar

star-queen, title of varda

[Tinwerontar] noun "star-queen, title of Varda" (TIN, TĀ/TA3)

Tinwetar

star-queen, queen of stars

[Tinwetar] noun "star-queen, Queen of Stars", title of Varda (TIN, TĀ/TA3)

elentári

feminine name. Queen of the Stars, Star-queen

A title of Varda as the maker of the stars (LotR/377, S/48), a compound elen “star” and tári “queen”.

Conceptual Development: In the first name list of the Valar from the 1910s, Varda’s title was ᴱQ. Tinwetári beside the variant Tinwevarni (PE14/14), using the earlier word tinwe for “star” (LT1A/Tinwetári). It was the first of these forms, Tinwetári, that appeared in the earliest Lost Tales along with the gloss “Queen of Stars” (LT1/100), and it also appeared in the Qenya and Gnomish Lexicons from the 1910s (QL/102; GL/18).

The name retained the form ᴹQ. Tinwetári in the first Silmarillion drafts from the beginning of the 1930s (SM/82, SM/286) and this name also appeared in The Etymologies (Ety/TĀ). In Silmarillion drafts from the mid-30s, the name was changed to ᴹQ. Tinwerontar (LR/200, 216) and the same change was made in The Etymologies (Ety/TIN), perhaps with the genitive plural tinweron of tinwe “star”. The name was soon revised to ᴹQ. Elentári (LR/216, Ety/EL), and the name retained this form thereafter.

Cognates

  • S. Elbereth “Queen of Stars, (lit.) Star-queen” ✧ LotRI/Elbereth; PE17/022; RGEO/66; SI/Elbereth; MR/388

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
elen“star”
tári“queen, queen, [ᴱQ.] mistress, lady”

Variations

  • elentÁri ✧ LotR/1116; LotR/1116
  • Elen-tāri ✧ PE17/070; RGEO/59
  • Élentā́ri ✧ RGEO/58
Quenya [LotR/0377; LotR/1116; LotRI/Elbereth; MR/388; MRI/Elentári; PE17/022; PE17/023; PE17/067; PE17/070; PE21/85; RGEO/58; RGEO/59; RGEO/66; S/048; SA/tar; SI/Elbereth; SI/Elentári] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Sindarin 

Elbereth

theology. 'Star-queen'

theon.'Star-queen'. On the mythological association of Varda with stars, see PE17:22. Same meaning as Q. Elentári. Rarely Bereth. Formed later, Elbereth would prob. have been given such forms as Bereth (in)-elin or Bereth (in)gîl. >> Bereth (in)-elin, êl, elen

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:22:23:152:176] = _El-bereth_ < _el _ + _mbereth_ < *_elen-barathī_. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

Primitive elvish

elen-barathī

noun. star-queen

Derivatives

  • S. Elbereth “Queen of Stars, (lit.) Star-queen” ✧ MR/387; PE17/022

Elements

WordGloss
elen“star”
barathī“queen”

Variations

  • elen-barathi ✧ MR/387
  • el-mbarathī ✧ PE17/066
Primitive elvish [MR/387; PE17/022; PE17/066] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

tar-ellion

feminine name. Queen of the Stars

A variant of Elentári appearing in a note from the 1930s (LR/200). Its initial element is probably tar- “high”, and its second element might be some peculiar genitive partitive-plural form of elen “star”.

Qenya [LR/200; LRI/Tar-Ellion] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tinwerontar

feminine name. Queen of Stars

Changes

  • Tinwerontar → Tintanie “star-queen” ✧ Ety/TIN
  • Tinwerontar → Elentári ✧ LR/200
  • Tinwerontar → Elentári ✧ LR/216
  • Tinwerontar → Elentári ✧ LRI/Elentári
  • Tinwerontar → Elentári “Queen of Stars” ✧ LRI/Tinwerontar

Elements

WordGloss
tinwe“spark (star)”
tar-“high; king or queen (in compounds)”
Qenya [Ety/TĀ; Ety/TIN; LR/200; LR/216; LRI/Elentári; LRI/Tinwerontar; MRI/Tinwerontar] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tinwetári

feminine name. Queen of Stars

Changes

  • Tinwetar → Tintanie “star-queen” ✧ Ety/TIN

Elements

WordGloss
tinwe“spark (star)”
tári“queen”

Variations

  • Tinwetar ✧ Ety/TĀ; Ety/TIN (Tinwetar); LRI/Tinwetar
Qenya [Ety/TĀ; Ety/TIN; LRI/Tinwetar; SMI/Tinwetári] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

gailbridh(n)ir

feminine name. Queen of Stars

Changes

  • Gelbridhir → Gailbridhnir ✧ GL/37

Cognates

Elements

WordGloss
gail“star”
bridh(n)ir“queen, princess”

Variations

  • Gailbrið(n)ir ✧ GL/24
  • Gailbridhir ✧ GL/37; GL/71
  • Gailbridhnir ✧ GL/37
  • Gailturwin ✧ GL/37
  • Gailvridhnir ✧ GL/37
  • Gelbridhir ✧ GL/37 (Gelbridhir)
Gnomish [GL/24; GL/37; GL/71; LT1A/Tinwetári] Group: Eldamo. Published by

timbridhil

feminine name. Queen of Stars

Precursor to S. Elbereth from the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, a combination of tim “star” and Bridhil “queen” (GL/24, 70). In this period, only its Qenya equivalent ᴱQ. Tinwetári was used in the narratives. The name did appear in the earliest Silmarillion drafts of the late 1920s (SM/82), and a variant of this name, N. Timbredhil, appeared in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/TIN), but starting with the Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, Tolkien consistently used Elbereth instead.

Changes

  • Timbrindi → Tinturwin ✧ GL/24
  • Timbridhil → Timrithil ✧ GL/24

Cognates

  • Eq. Tinwetári “Queen of Stars” ✧ GL/18; PE14/014

Elements

WordGloss
tim“spark, gleam, (star)”
Bridhil“*Queen”

Variations

  • Timbrindi ✧ GL/18 (Timbrindi); GL/24 (Timbrindi); PE14/014
  • Timrithil ✧ GL/24
Gnomish [GL/18; GL/24; GL/71; LT1A/Tinwetári; PE14/014] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tinthurwin

feminine name. Queen of Stars

Changes

  • Tinturwin → Tinthurwin ✧ GL/24

Cognates

  • Eq. Tinwetári “Queen of Stars” ✧ LT1A/Tinwetári

Elements

WordGloss
tim“spark, gleam, (star)”
turwin“queen”

Variations

  • Tinturwin ✧ GL/24 (Tinturwin); GL/71; LT1A/Tinwetári
Gnomish [GL/24; GL/71; LT1A/Tinwetári] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

timbridhil

feminine name. Queen of Stars

Cognates

Variations

  • Tim-Bridhil ✧ SM/082; SMI/Tim-Bridhil
Early Noldorin [LBI/Timbridhil; SM/082; SMI/Tim-Bridhil] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

tinwetári

feminine name. Queen of Stars

Cognates

  • G. Timbridhil “Queen of Stars” ✧ GL/18; PE14/014
  • En. Timbridhil “Queen of Stars” ✧ SM/082
  • G. Tinthurwin “Queen of Stars” ✧ LT1A/Tinwetári

Variations

  • Tinwetāri ✧ GL/18; PE14/014
  • Tinwetâri ✧ QL/102
Early Quenya [GL/18; LBI/Tinwetári; LT1A/Tinwetári; LT1I/Tinwetári; PE14/014; QL/102; SM/082] Group: Eldamo. Published by