Arahad II

Arahad II was the tenth Chieftain of the Dúnedain.
==Biography==
Like his forefathers, Arahad was raised by Elrond in Rivendell while his father Aravorn dwelt in the wild. He became the Chieftain of the Dúnedain in TA 2654 at the death of his father. During his rule the Hobbits of the Shire prospered under the protection of the Rangers, and the first pipe-weed was planted in the Shire's Southfarthing. In the Shire, Isengrim II became the Thain and began digging the Great Smials. Arahad died in TA 2719The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: The Númenórean Kings, (iii): "Eriador, Arnor, and the Heirs of Isildur" after serving as chieftain for sixty-five years, and was followed by his son Arassuil.
==Etymology==
Arahad was named for his great grandfather, Arahad I. His name is a Sindarin name that is composed of ara ("king, noble")Parma Eldalamberon, Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien and had ("hurl, throw").
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	2 አራሃድ
Arabic 	أرهاد الثاني
Armenian 	Արահադ II
Belarusian Cyrillic	Арахад II
Bengali 	দ্বিতীয় আরহাদ
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Арахад II
Catalan 	Àrahad II
Chinese 	亞拉哈德二世
Dari 	آراهاد دوم
Georgian 	არაჰადი II
Greek 	Αραχάδ Β΄
Gujarati 	બીજું અરહદ
Hebrew 	אראהאד השני
Hindi 	अरहद द्वितीय
Japanese 	アラハド2世
Kannada 	ಎರಡನೇ ಅರಹಾದ್
Kazakh 	II Арахад (Cyrillic) II Arahad (Latin)
Korean 	아라하 2세 ?
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Арахад II
Macedonian Cyrillic	Арахад II
Malayalam 	രണ്ടാമത്തെ അറാഹദ്
Maori 	Arahad te Tuarua
Marathi 	दुसरा अरहद
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Арахад II
Nepalese 	सेकेण्ड अरहद
Pashto 	اهراد ۲
Persian 	آراهاد دوم
Punjabi 	ਦੂਜਾ ਅਰਾਹਾਦ
Russian 	Арахад II
Sanskrit 	आरहद् २
Serbian 	Арахад II (Cyrillic) Arahad II (Latin)
Sindhi 	دوهمه آراهاد
Sinhalese 	දෙවන අරහද්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Араҳад II
Tamil 	இரண்டாம் அரஹத்
Telugu 	రెండవ అరహాద్
Thai 	อาราฮัด 2
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Арагад ІІ
Urdu 	ارح دوم
Yiddish 	אַראַהאַד די צווייטע
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