Ad. Amatthâni loc. “Blessed Realm, (lit.) Land of Manwë”

Ad. Amatthâni loc. “Blessed Realm, (lit.) Land of Manwë”
The Adûnaic name for the Blessed Realm, home of the Valar (SD/388, SD/420). Its Quenya equivalent would be Aman, though Tolkien did not coin the Quenya name until a later conceptual stage of his legendarium. The Adûnaic word is derived from their name for the ruler of the Bless Realm: Amân (Manwë). Its literal meaning is “Manwë’s Land”.

Conceptual Development: The first Adûnaic name for the Blessed Realm was Zen’namân (SD/385).

References ✧ SD/388, 420, 435; SDI2/Amatthânê

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Amân “Manwë” ✧ SD/435 (Amān)
thâni “land” ✧ SD/435 (thāni)
✶Ad. Amān “*Manwë” ✧ SD/420
✶Ad. thāni “realm” ✧ SD/420

Ad. Zen’namân loc. “Blessed Realm, Land of Amân”

A draft Adûnaic name for the Blessed Realm, later replaced by Amatthâni (SD/385). Its initial element zen is a draft name for “land” also seen in the draft name Zen’nabâr “Land of Gift”. Its final element is Amân, the Adûnaic name of Manwë, joined to the first element with an elided form of the genitive prefix an- “of”. Therefore, the literal meaning of the name is “Land of Amân (Manwë)”.

References ✧ SD/385; SDI2/Zen’namân

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*zen “land (draft)”
an- “of; genitive/adjectival prefix” elided
Amân “Manwë”