Aratar

The Aratar, also known as the Eight, or the Holy Ones of Arda, were the greatest of the Valar.
The Aratar were Manwë, Varda, Ulmo, Yavanna, Aulë, Mandos, Nienna, and Oromë. Melkor was removed from the order upon his rebellion. Although Tulkas was a Vala residing in Valinor, he was not counted among the Aratar.The Silmarillion: Quenta Silmarillion
The Aratar were also called the Máhani.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XI: The War of the Jewels, Part 4, Index
==Etymology== 
Aratar is a Quenya word that meant 'the Exalted'.The Complete Guide to Middle-earth 
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ኣራታር
Arabic 	اراتار
Armenian 	Արատար
Belarusian Cyrillic	Аратар
Bengali 	অরাতার
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Аратар
Greek 	Άραταρ
Gujarati 	અવતાર
Hebrew 	אראטאר
Hindi 	अराटार
Japanese 	アラタール
Kannada 	ಅರತಾರ್
Kazakh 	Аратар (Cyrillic) Aratar (Latin)
Korean 	아라 타르
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Аратар
Macedonian Cyrillic	Аратар
Marathi 	अरातर
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Аратар
Nepalese 	अरतार
Persian 	آراتار
Polish 	Aratarowie
Punjabi 	ਅਰਤਰ
Russian 	Аратар
Serbian 	Аратар (Cyrillic) Aratar (Latin)
Sinhalese 	අරතාර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Аратар
Tamil 	அரதர்
Telugu 	అరతర్
Yiddish 	אַראַטאַר
==References==
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