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Ambar was a term referring to fate in the legendarium of Arda.

Definitions[]

Fates of peoples[]

As a common Elvish noun, Ambar was a word that denoted the fate of an individual person.[citation needed]

Fates of the created universe[]

Ambar is also known for standing for the fate of all created things as in , Arda, and perhaps the Ainulindalë. It was compared to Elendil's vow upon landing on Middle-earth after the Fall of Númenor.[citation needed]

Other meanings[]

In Karen Wynn Fonstad's The Atlas of Middle-earth, it was illustrated and described as the Earth itself, excluding the celestial bodies.

Because the Sun, Moon, Stars, and other objects orbited the planet in the cosmology of Middle-earth, they were considered part of Arda, such that Arda is considered by Fonstad the 'Solar System' of Middle-earth.[1][2]

Etymology[]

Ambar is a Quenya word that meant 'fate' or 'doom'.[3]

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Amharic አምባር
Arabic أمبار
Armenian Ամբար
Belarusian Cyrillic Амбар
Bengali আম্বার
Bulgarian Cyrillic Амбар
Georgian ამბარი
Greek Αμβαρ
Gujarati આમ્બર
Hebrew אמבאר
Hindi अंबर
Japanese アンバー
Kannada ಅಂಬರ್
Kazakh Амбар (Cyrillic) Ambar (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Амбар
Macedonian Cyrillic Амбар
Marathi अंबर
Mongolian Cyrillic Амбар
Nepalese आम्बर
Persian آمبار
Punjabi ਆਮ੍ਬਰ
Russian Амбар
Serbian Амбар (Cyrillic) Ambar (Latin)
Sinhalese අම්බාර්
Tajik Cyrillic Амбар
Tamil அம்பர்
Telugu అంబర్
Thai ามบะร
Ukrainian Cyrillic ́Амбар
Urdu امبہر
Uzbek Амбар (Cyrillic) Ambar (Latin)
Yiddish ײַמבאַר

References[]

  1. The Atlas of Middle-earth, Foreword
  2. The Atlas of Middle-earth, Introduction
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings" in Parma Eldalamberon XVII, ed. Christopher Gilson, pg. 66