Title of the nine great male Valar appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s as a combination of Vala and tar- “king” (Ety/BAL, TĀ). Its (ᴹQ) genitive and plural forms Valatáren and Valatári indictate that its stem form is Valatár-. In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, Tolkien consider this as a name for Aragorn’s father (TI/363).
Qenya
valatári
proper name. Vala-queen
Elements
Word Gloss Vala “Power, God” tári “queen”
valatar
proper name. Vala-king
Cognates
Elements
Word Gloss Vala “Power, God” tar- “high; king or queen (in compounds)”
Title for the great female Valar appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s as a combination of Vala and tári “queen” (Ety/BAL).