Q. Anar (Anár-) n. “Sun” (Category: Sun)
Anar is the most common Quenya name for the Sun and was derived from primitive ✶Anār, an augmented form of the root √NAR “fire” (Let/425; PE17/38; Ety/ANÁR; SD/302, 306). In the uninflect form the long vowel shortens as usual in final syllables, but its stem form is probably Anár- as with the name Anárion (LotR/1044) and the plural coranári of coranar “sun-round” (PM/126). When suffixes with consonant clusters are added, however, the á shortens such as with Anarinya “my Sun” (LR/72).
Conceptual Development: This term appeared in Silmarillion drafts of the 1930s with the gloss “Heart of Flame” (LR/240) and as ᴹQ. Anar “sun” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, already with the derivation given above (Ety/ANÁR, NAR¹).
References ✧ Let/425; MC/222; MR/44; MRI; NM/280-281; PE17/38, 148, 152; PE21/86; S/99; SA/nár; SI; UT/22; UTI; WJI
Glosses
Variations
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| √NAR > Anar | [anār] > [anar] | ✧ Let/425 |
| √(A)NAR > anā̆r | [anār] > [anar] | ✧ PE17/38 |
| ✶(a)nar > Anar | [anār] > [anar] | ✧ SA/nár |
ᴹQ. Anar (Anár-) n. “Sun” (Category: Sun)
References ✧ Ety/ANÁR, NAR¹; EtyAC/ANÁR; LR/41, 72, 240; LRI; PE22/19, 23; SD/306; SDI2/Anar
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| Anarinya | 1st-sg-poss | “my Sun” | ✧ LR/72 |
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ✶anār- > Anar | [anār] > [anar] | ✧ Ety/ANÁR |
| ᴹ√NAR¹ > Anar | [anār] > [anar] | ✧ Ety/NAR¹ |
| ᴹ✶Anār > Anar | [anār] > [anar] | ✧ SD/306 |