Gamil Zirak

Gamil Zirak, also known as ZirakThe History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Two: "Valinor and Middle-earth before The Lord of the Rings", VI. "Quenta Silmarillion", pg. 319, 322 and the Old,Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Index was a Dwarf smith who taught Telchar of Nogrod during the First Age.The Children of Húrin, List of Names, entry Gamil Zirak
==Biography==
Little is known of Gamil Zirak's life, but it is known that they were a Dwarf smith of the First Age who was the master of the renowned Telchar. In the Narn i Chîn Húrin that was written by Dírhaval, it is said that some of the "great wealth of weapons" amassed in the deep armories of Menegroth may have been forged by Gamil Zirak or Telchar. These weapons included "metals wrought like fishes' mail" which shone under moonlight like water.Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part One: The First Age, II: "Narn i Hîn Húrin (The Tale of the Children of Húrin)", The Departure of Túrin, pg. 76The Children of Húrin, chapter IV: "The Departure of Túrin"
==Etymology==
Gamil Zirak was a name in the Khuzdûl language meaning "old tine" and "old spike", being comprised of the words gamil ("old") and zirak ("tine"Parma Eldalamberon 17, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", pg. 35-6 and "spike"The History of Middle-earth, Vol. VII: The Treason of Isengard, VIII. "The Ring Goes South", pg. 174-5 (note 22)).
==External links==
*"What Is the Meaning of ‘Gamil Zirak’?" on "https://middle-earth.xenite.org/ middle-earth.xenite.org]"
*"Khuzdul - the secret tongue of the Dwarves" by Helge Fauskanger
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ጋሚል ዚራክ
Arabic 	جميل زيراك
Belarusian Cyrillic	Гаміль Зірак
Bengali 	গিমিল জিরাক
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Гамил Зирак
Chinese 	加米尔·齐拉克
Georgian 	გამილ ზირაკი
Greek 	Γάμιλ Ζιράκ
Gujarati 	ગમિલ ઝીરાક
Hindi 	गामिल ज़िरक
Hebrew 	גאמיל זיראק
Japanese 	ガミル・ジラク
Kannada 	ಗ್ಯಾಮಿಲ್ ಜಿರಾಕ್
Kazakh 	Гамиль Зирак (Cyrillic) Gamïl Zïrak (Latin)
Korean 	가밀 자락
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Гамил Зирак
Macedonian Cyrillic	Гамил Зирак
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Гамил Зирак
Nepalese 	गमिल ज़िरक
Odia 	ଗାମିଲ ଜିରାକ
Persian 	جمیل زیراک
Punjabi 	ਗਾਮਿਲ ਜ਼ੀਰਕ
Russian 	Гамил Зирак
Sinhalese 	ගමිල් සිරැක්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Гамил Зирак
Tamil 	காமில் ஜிராக்
Tatar 	Гамил Зирак
Telugu 	గామిల్ జిరాక్
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Ґаміль Зірак
Urdu 	جمیل زیرک
Yiddish 	גאַמיל זיראַק
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