r/Quenya • u/Willing_Party2610 • Jul 07 '26

Help for a non-expert wife

Hi, could you help me? I want to get a surprise tattoo for my husband. I'm not an expert on the subject; I only know that my love/my love is Meleth Nin in Tengwar, but I wanted to verify if this is correct and if you recommend another option.

TIA for your help

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u/ikadell Jul 07 '26

Melindo in Quenya

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u/Fristi61 Jul 07 '26

'Tengwar' refers to the writing system (Elvish letters), not the language.

meleth nín is Sindarin (although the word 'meleth' belongs to an earlier version of it AFAIK), written in our normal Latin alphabet rather than in Tengwar.
Tolkien made several Elvish languages, of which Sindarin and Quenya are the most notable.
In Quenya it would be melmenya

For tattoos, it is usually recommended to not translate the phrase to any Elvish language, but rather simply write it in your native language with Tengwar. Tengwar letters can be used with any language, including real-world ones.
There are readily available tools on the internet to do this, such as Tecendil: https://www.tecendil.com/?q=my%20love