anga noun "iron", also name of tengwa #7 (ANGĀ, Appendix E, SA, PM:347, LT1:249, 268). In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, anga was the name of letter #19, which tengwa Tolkien would later call noldo instead (VT45:6). Masc. names Angamaitë "Iron-handed" (Letters:347), Angaráto "Iron-champion", Sindarin Angrod(SA:ar(a) ). See also Angamando, tornanga and cf. Angainor as the name of the chain with which Melkor was bound (Silm)
Quenya
angaráto
masculine name. *Iron Champion
Cognates
- S. Angrod “*Iron Champion” ✧ PM/346; PMI/Angrod; SA/ar(a)
Elements
Word Gloss anga “iron” aráto “champion, eminent man, noble, lord, king”
anga
iron
anga
noun. iron
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- Q. Angainor ✧ SA/anga
- Q. Angamaitë “Iron-handed” ✧ PM/347
- Q. Angamando “Iron Prison, Iron-gaol”
- Q. Angaráto “*Iron Champion” ✧ PM/347
- Q. Artanga “*Noble Iron”
- ᴺQ. angaraxa “train”
- ᴺQ. angatië “railway line, railroad track, (lit.) iron-road”
- ᴺQ. angamendar “train station, (lit.) iron way-stop”
- Q. tornanga “hard-iron, iron hard, iron hard; hard-iron, *steel” ✧ PE17/056
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶angā > anga [aŋgā] > [aŋga] ✧ PM/347
erë
iron
erë, eren noun "iron" or "steel"; Eremandu variant of Angamandu (Angband) (LT1:252; "iron" should be anga in LotR-style Quenya, but erë, eren may still be used for "steel". See also yaisa.)
The father-name of S. Angrod, from which his Sindarin name was derived (PM/346). It seems to be a compound of anga “iron” and aráto “champion” (SA/ar(a)), though the second element may actually be a masculinized form of the adjective arata “noble”. Like his brother Findaráto, his name is “Telerin in form” to honour their mother, with the adjectival element arata second. A more natural Quenya form of the name would be Artanga (PM/346).