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.
Quenya
altáriel
feminine name. Galadriel
Changes
Altariel(le)→ Kaltariel(le) “woman crowned with radiance” ✧ PE17/050altáriel→ kaltáriel ✧ PE17/050Cognates
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
- Q. Altariello nainië Lóriendesse “Galadriel’s lament in Lórien” ✧ RGEO/58
Elements
Word Gloss alata “radiance, glittering reflection” riel(lë) “garlanded maiden, maiden crowned with a festive garland” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶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
Altariel
galadriel
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
Derivations
- ✶Ñ(g)alatā-rigelle “maiden crowned with a garland of radiance” ✧ PE17/060
Elements
Word Gloss nalta “radiance, glittering reflection” riel(lë) “garlanded maiden, maiden crowned with a festive garland” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶ñgal(a)tā-rig-el- > Ñaltariel [ŋgalatārīgel] > [ŋgaltārīgel] > [ŋgaltārīɣel] > [ŋaltārīɣel] > [ŋaltāriel] > [naltāriel] ✧ PE17/060 Variations
- Naldariel(lle) ✧ PE17/059
- Ñaltariel ✧ PE17/060; PM/347
ñaltariel
ñaltariel
Ñaltariel noun true Quenya form of Galadriel; the form actually used was Altariel, Quenyarized from Telerin Alatáriel(lë). (PM:347)
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.