Salmar

Salmar was a Maia, creator of the Ulumúri. Made for his lord the Vala Ulmo, the Ulumúri were great who produced the music of the Sea.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter I: "Of the Beginning of Days" That he was a Maia is confirmed only in the index of The Silmarillion.
== Etymology ==
Salmar is a Quenya name of unspecified meaning. It was possibly derived from the Quenya word salma, meaning "lyre".The Complete Guide to Middle-earth
== Conception ==
In earlier versions of the legendarium discussed in The History of Middle-earth, Salmar is often identified by the title Noldorin (sometimes "Lirillo" or "Golthadriel" in Gnomish, later Sindarin). He was envisioned as a Vala in the service of Aulë.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. I: The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Index
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ሳልማር
Arabic 	سالمار
Armenian 	Սալմար
Assamese 	ছালমাৰ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Салмар
Bengali 	সালমার
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Салмар
Chinese 	索瑪爾
Georgian 	სალმარი
Greek 	Σάλμαρ
Gujarati 	સલમાર
Hebrew 	סאלמר
Hindi 	सालमार
Kannada 	ಸಲ್ಮಾರ್
Kazakh 	Салмар (Cyrillic) Salmar (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Салмар
Laotian 	ສະລມະຣ
Macedonian Cyrillic	Салмар
Marathi 	सलमार
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Салмар
Nepalese 	सालमार
Persian 	صالمار
Punjabi 	ਸਲਮਾਰ
Russian 	Салмар
Sanskrit 	षल्मर्
Serbian 	Салмар (Cyrillic) Salmar (Latin)
Sinhalese 	සල්මාර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Салмар
Tamil 	சல்மார்
Telugu 	సల్మార్
Thai 	ศะลมะร
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Сальмар
Urdu 	صالمار
Uzbek 	Салмар (Cyrillic) Salmar (Latin)
Yiddish 	סאַלמאַר
== References ==
== External links ==
*Salmar at the Valarguild organization archived at Archive.org
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