Úmaiar (or Umaiar) is a Quenya word referring to the evil spirits corrupted by Morgoth. The chief among them were the Balrogs.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, pp. 79 (commentary to §30), 165 (commentary to §18)