Tar-Ardamin

Tar-Ardamin was the penultimate king of Númenor who took the sceptre with a royal name in Quenya. He was called Ar-Abattârik in Adûnaic. His son Ar-Adûnakhôr abandoned the old tradition of using an official Quenya name, and used Adûnaic in his official name.

Ardamin is a Quenya name. Its meaning is not glossed, but as Paul Strack suggests it means "World Tower" as a compound of Arda ("world") and mind(don) ("tower"). Like all the rulers of Númenor who took their royal names in Quenya, Ardamin added the prefix tar- ("high") to his name when he received the Sceptre.

Abattârik is an Adûnaic name. Its meaning is not glossed, but Paul Strack suggests it means "World Pillar" with the last element târik ("pillar") and that the first element may mean "World". Andreas Möhn suggests that this element is likely aban with the final n altered to t in the compound according to the rules of Adûnaic assimilation. The meaning of the Adûnaic prefix Ar- is not glossed, but Paul Strack suggests it means "king" and is a prefixal form of ârû ("king") or derived from the same root.

It should be said that there is some doubt over the character of Ar-Abattârik. He is listed in the detailed annals of The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor as the son of Tar-Calmacil and father of Ar-Adûnakhôr, but in Appendix A I (i) to The Lord of the Rings, the relevant section of the King-lists appears like this:

It seems most likely, as Christopher Tolkien suggests, that this omission is probably a simple mistake, and that Tar-Ardamin or Ar-Abattârik should appear in the list at this point.

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