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Qenya 

valatar

proper name. Vala-king

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).

Cognates

  • Ilk. Balthor “Vala-king” ✧ Ety/BAL
  • N. Baldor “*Vala-king” ✧ EtyAC/TĀ; EtyAC/TĀ

Elements

WordGloss
Vala“Power, God”
tar-“high; king or queen (in compounds)”
Qenya [Ety/BAL; EtyAC/TĀ; TI/363; TII/Valatar] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Doriathrin

balthor

proper name. Vala-king

A title in The Etymologies translated “Vala-king”, a combination of the root ᴹ√BAL and Ilk. tôr “king”, also attested in its plural form Balthorin (Ety/BAL). It is an example of how voiceless stops became spirants after liquids l and r.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. Valatar “Vala-king” ✧ Ety/BAL

Derivations

Elements

WordGloss
BAL“*power”
tôr“king”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶bal’tār- > Balthor[baltār] > [baltōr] > [balθōr] > [balθor]✧ Ety/BAL
Doriathrin [Ety/BAL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

bal’tār-

proper name. Vala-king

Derivatives

  • Ilk. Balthor “Vala-king” ✧ Ety/BAL

Variations

  • bal’tar- ✧ EtyAC/BAL
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/BAL; EtyAC/BAL] Group: Eldamo. Published by