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 Eä, 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[]
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, Foreword
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, Introduction
- ↑ 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