tamar is an Adûnaic word meaning "smith".[1]
In an earlier version of what would later become the chapter A Journey in the Dark, Berúthiel is referred to as Tamar.[2]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Sauron Defeated, "Part Three: The Drowning of Anadûnê: (vi) Lowdham's Report on the Adunaic Language: Declension of nouns", p. 436
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Return of the Shadow, "The Story Continued: XXV. The Mines of Moria, Notes", p. 454 and p. 464 note 26