gimilnitîr

feminine name. Star-kindler

A title of the goddess Avradî (Q. Varda) translated “Star-kindler” (SD/428), and therefore the Adûnaic equivalent of S. Gilthoniel. The first element gimil means “stars”, and the second is an agental-formation for the verb nitir- “to kindle” (SD/427-8).

Cognates

• S. Gilthoniel “Star-kindler”

Elements

Word	Gloss
gimil	“(all) stars; ?silver”
nitir-	“to kindle”

Variations

• Gimilnitīr ✧ SD/428