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”
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”
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”
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”
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