Quenya 

altáriel

feminine name. Galadriel

The Quenya name of Galadriel, an adaptation of the Telerin name Alatáriel (UT/266, PM/347). See the entry on Galadriel for further discussion of this name’s history, and ✶Ñ(g)alatā-rigelle for a discussion of the conceptual development of its etymology.

Changes

  • Altariel(le)Kaltariel(le) “woman crowned with radiance” ✧ PE17/050
  • altárielkaltáriel ✧ PE17/050

Cognates

  • T. Alatáriel “Galadriel” ✧ NM/353; PM/347; UT/266
  • S. Galadriel “Glittering-garland” ✧ PE17/050; PE17/169; PM/347; PMI/Galadriel; SA/kal; MR/182; NM/346

Derivations

  • T. Alatáriel “Galadriel” ✧ PM/347
    • Ñ(g)alatā-rigelle “maiden crowned with a garland of radiance” ✧ NM/353; NM/353; PE17/060
  • Ñ(g)alatā-rigelle “maiden crowned with a garland of radiance” ✧ MR/182; PE17/050; PE17/050

Derivatives

  • S. Galadriel “Glittering-garland” ✧ PM/347

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
alata“radiance, glittering reflection”
riel(lë)“garlanded maiden, maiden crowned with a festive garland”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
galata-rīg-elle > Altariellë[galatarīgelle] > [galtarīgelle] > [ɣaltarīɣelle] > [altarielle]✧ MR/182
galatā-rigellē̆ > altáriel[galatarīgelle] > [ɣalatārīgell] > [galtārīgell] > [ɣaltārīɣell] > [altāriell] > [altāriel]✧ PE17/050
alatā-rigellē̆ > Altariel(le)[galatārīgelle] > [galtārīgelle] > [ɣaltārīɣelle] > [altārielle]✧ PE17/050
alatā-rigellē̆ > altáriel[galatārīgelle] > [ɣaltārīɣelle] > [ɣaltārīɣelle] > [altārielle]✧ PE17/050

Variations

  • Altariellë ✧ MR/182; MRI/Altariellë
  • Alatáriel ✧ NM/346
  • Altariel(le) ✧ PE17/050 (Altariel(le)); PE17/050; PE17/169
  • altáriel ✧ PE17/050 (altáriel); PE17/050
  • Altariel ✧ PM/347; PMI/Galadriel
  • Al(a)táriel ✧ SA/kal; UTI/Al(a)táriel
Quenya [MR/182; MRI/Altariellë; NM/346; NM/353; PE17/050; PE17/084; PE17/169; PM/347; PMI/Galadriel; RGEO/58; SA/kal; UT/266; UTI/Al(a)táriel] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Altariel

galadriel

Altariel fem. name "Galadriel", "maiden crowned with a radiant garland" (SA:kal; the form Alatáriel is Telerin; see PM:347) Stem Altariell- seen in the genitive Altariello, occurring in the superscript of the Tengwar transcription of Namárië in RGEO.

naltariel

feminine name. Galadriel

What the Quenya name of Altáriel (S. Galadriel) would have been if it had been coined in Quenya instead of adapted from Telerin (PM/347). This name is a compound of nalta “radiance, glittering reflection” and riel(lë) “garlanded maiden”. See S. Galadriel and ✶Ñ(g)alatā-rigelle for further discussion.

Cognates

  • S. Galadriel “Glittering-garland” ✧ PE17/059; PE17/060
  • T. Alatáriel “Galadriel” ✧ PE17/060

Derivations

Elements

WordGloss
nalta“radiance, glittering reflection”
riel(lë)“garlanded maiden, maiden crowned with a festive garland”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ñgal(a)tā-rig-el- > Ñaltariel[ŋgalatārīgel] > [ŋgaltārīgel] > [ŋgaltārīɣel] > [ŋaltārīɣel] > [ŋaltāriel] > [naltāriel]✧ PE17/060

Variations

  • Naldariel(lle) ✧ PE17/059
  • Ñaltariel ✧ PE17/060; PM/347
Quenya [PE17/059; PE17/060; PM/347] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ñaltariel

ñaltariel

Ñaltariel noun true Quenya form of Galadriel; the form actually used was Altariel, Quenyarized from Telerin Alatáriel(). (PM:347)

Sindarin 

Galadriel

noun. lady, crowned with a radiant garland

galad (“light, radiance”) + rî (“crown”) + iell (“daughter” [Etym. SEL-D] traditional ending for women’s names) Sindarin equivalent of Tel. Alatâriel(lë))

Sindarin [Tolkiendil] Group: Tolkiendil Compound Sindarin Names. Published by

Galadriel

Galadriel

Galadriel is a Sindarin name translated by Tolkien as "glittering garland", "Maiden crowned with gleaming hair", and "maiden crowned with a radiant garland". It has been suggested that Galadriel consists of galad ("light, radiance") + ("crown") + iell ("daughter"). Tolkien notes that the element galad had no relation to Sindarin galadh ("tree", or Silvan galad "tree"), but that such a connexion often was made and her name then became Galadhriel.

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Telerin 

alatáriel

feminine name. Galadriel

Cognates

  • Q. Altáriel “Galadriel” ✧ NM/353; PM/347; UT/266
  • Q. Naltariel “Galadriel” ✧ PE17/060
  • S. Galadriel “Glittering-garland” ✧ NM/349; NM/352; PM/346; PMI/Galadriel

Derivations

  • Ñ(g)alatā-rigelle “maiden crowned with a garland of radiance” ✧ NM/353; NM/353; PE17/060

Derivatives

Elements

WordGloss
alata“radiance, glittering reflection”
rielle“maiden crowned with a festive garland”

Variations

  • Altarielle ✧ PE17/060
  • Alatāriel(lë) ✧ PM/347
  • Alatáriel(lë) ✧ PMI/Galadriel
Telerin [NM/349; NM/352; NM/353; PE17/060; PM/346; PM/347; PMI/Galadriel; UT/266] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

galadriel

feminine name. Galadriel

Elements

WordGloss
galadh“tree”
-iel“daughter; feminine suffix”
Noldorin [PE22/068; SDI1/Galadriel; TI/246; TII/Galadriel; WRI/Galadriel] Group: Eldamo. Published by