Quenya 

mahalma

throne

mahalma noun "throne", nominative pl. mahalmar "thrones" and locative pl. mahalmassen in CO. Adopted and adapted from Valarin (WJ:399)

mahalma

noun. throne

A noun for “throne” in the phrase nai tiruvantes i hárar mahalmassen mi Númen “in the keeping of those who sit upon thrones of the West” (UT/305, 317). In the Quendi and Eldar essay of 1959-60, Tolkien said that mahalma was derived from Valarin maχallām of the same meaning and was “properly one of the seats of the Valar” (WJ/399). As such, this word is unlikely to be used for an ordinary “throne”, which instead would be tarhanwa.

Derivations

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
Val. maχallām > mahalma[maxalma] > [mahalma]✧ WJ/399
Quenya [UT/305; UT/317; WJ/399] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Valarin 

maχallām

noun. throne

Derivatives

Gnomish

doros

noun. throne

Elements

WordGloss
dorn“seat”
-os“abstract noun”
Gnomish [GL/19; GL/30] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

turhod

noun. throne

Elements

WordGloss
tûr“power”
haud“seat”

Variations

  • aicod ✧ PE13/155 (aicod)
Early Noldorin [PE13/155] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

sorin

noun. throne

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ÐORO “sit” ✧ QL/085

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ÐORO > sorin[ðorind] > [sorind] > [sorin]✧ QL/085
Early Quenya [PME/086; QL/085] Group: Eldamo. Published by