Eldamo : Quenya : Máhan

Q. Máhan pn. “one of the eight chiefs of the Valar”

Q. Máhan, pn. “one of the eight chiefs of the Valar”

A title for the chiefs of the Valar, equivalent to Aratar (WJ/399). It was an adaptation of the Valarin word māχanāz “authority” (WJ/402), as opposed to Aratar which was a translation of that Valarin word.

References ✧ WJ/399, 402; WJI/Máhani

Glosses

“one of the eight chiefs of the Valar” ✧ WJ/399

Variations

Máhan ✧ WJ/399; WJ/402; WJI/Máhani

Máhan “one of the eight chiefs of the Valar” is usually translated as Aratar ✧ WJ/399
Val. māχan “authority, authoritative decision” ✧ WJ/399

Inflections

Máhani

plural

✧ WJ/402; WJI/Máhani

Element In

Q. Máhanaxar “Ring of Doom, *(lit.) Ring of Judgement”

Derivations

< Val. māχanāz “authority” ✧ WJ/402
- < māχanāz, adapted ✧ WJ/402