Q. Elentári f. “Queen of the Stars, Star-queen”

Q. Elentári, f. “Queen of the Stars, Star-queen”

A title of Varda as the maker of the stars (LotR/377, S/48), a compound elen “star” and tári “queen”.

Conceptual Development: In the first name list of the Valar from the 1910s, Varda’s title was ᴱQ. Tinwetári beside the variant Tinwevarni (PE14/14), using the earlier word tinwe for “star” (LT1A/Tinwetári). It was the first of these forms, Tinwetári, that appeared in the earliest Lost Tales along with the gloss “Queen of Stars” (LT1/100), and it also appeared in the Qenya and Gnomish Lexicons from the 1910s (QL/102; GL/18).

The name retained the form ᴹQ. Tinwetári in the first Silmarillion drafts from the beginning of the 1930s (SM/82, SM/286) and this name also appeared in The Etymologies (Ety/TĀ). In Silmarillion drafts from the mid-30s, the name was changed to ᴹQ. Tinwerontar (LR/200, 216) and the same change was made in The Etymologies (Ety/TIN), perhaps with the genitive plural tinweron of tinwe “star”. The name was soon revised to ᴹQ. Elentári (LR/216, Ety/EL), and the name retained this form thereafter.

References ✧ LotR/377, 1116; LotRI/Elbereth; MR/388; MRI; PE17/22-23, 67, 70; PE21/85; RGEO/58-59, 66; S/48; SA/tar; SI/Elbereth, Elentári

Glosses

Variations

Elements

elen “star”
tári “queen” ✧ PE17/67; SA/tar
elen “star” ✧ PE17/22

Element In

Cognates


ᴹQ. Elentári f. “Queen of Stars, (lit.) Star Queen”

See Q. Elentári for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/EL; LR/200, 212, 216; LRI/Elentári, Tinwerontar; TII

Glosses

Related

Elements

elen “star” ✧ Ety/EL (†elen)

Cognates


ᴹQ. Tinwerontar f. “Queen of Stars”

See Q. Elentári for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/TĀ, TIN; LR/200, 216; LRI/Elentári, Tinwerontar; MRI

Glosses

Changes

Elements

tinwe “spark (star)” genitive plural ✧ Ety/TĀ (*Tinweron); Ety/TIN; LR/200
tar- “high; king or queen (in compounds)” ✧ Ety/TĀ

ᴹQ. Tinwetári f. “Queen of Stars”

See Q. Elentári for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/TĀ, TIN; LRI/Tinwetar; SMI

Glosses

Variations

Changes

Elements

tinwe “spark (star)” ✧ Ety/TIN
tári “queen” ✧ Ety/TĀ
ᴹ√TIN “sparkle, emit slender (silver pale) beams” ✧ Ety/TĀ
tar- “high; king or queen (in compounds)” ✧ Ety/TĀ

ᴱQ. Tinwetári f. “Queen of Stars”

See Q. Elentári for discussion.

References ✧ GL/18; LBI; LT1A/Tinwetári; LT1I; PE14/14; QL/102; SM/82

Glosses

Variations

Elements

tinwe “star” ✧ LT1A/Tinwë Linto
tári “queen, mistress, lady” ✧ LT1A/Qalmë-Tári

Cognates


ᴱQ. Tinwevarni f.

See Q. Elentári for discussion.

References ✧ PE14/14

Variations

Elements

tinwe “star”
varni “queen”