Manwendil

Manwendil was the third child and second son of Elros Tar-Minyatur, the first King of Númenor.
== Biography ==
Manwendil was born after SA 61 and was the elder brother of Atanalcar and the younger brother of Tindómiel and the short reigning king Vardamir Nólimon. Nothing else is known of his life except for that he was possibly married and had children.Unfinished Tales, "Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife"
In The Nature of Middle-earth J.R.R. Tolkien considered making the children of Elros Half-elves, giving them the same choice of mortality as the Half-elven children of Elrond.The Nature of Middle-earth, Chapter XI: "Ageing of Elves", pg. 82 Whether he adopted this idea fully is unclear.
== Etymology ==
Manwendil means "Devoted to Manwë" from the Quenya suffix -ndil ("friend, devoted to").The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ማንወንዲል
Arabic 	مانفنديل
Armenian 	Մանվենդիլ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Манўенділ
Bengali 	মানবেনডিল
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Манвендил
Chinese 	曼威迪爾
Georgian 	მანვენდელი
Greek 	Μανβενδιλ
Gujarati 	માનવેંડિલ
Hebrew 	מאנוונדיל
Hindi 	मन्वेन्दिल
Japanese 	マンウェンディル
Kannada 	ಮ್ಯಾನ್ವೆಂಡಿಲ್
Kazakh 	Манвендил (Cyrillic) Manvendïl (Latin)
Korean 	만웬 딜
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Манвэндил
Macedonian Cyrillic	Манвендил
Marathi 	मानवेन्डिल
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Манвэндил
Nepalese 	मानवेन्डिल
Pashto 	مانوېندیل
Persian 	مانوهندیل
Punjabi 	ਮਾਨਵਡੇਲ
Russian 	Манвэндил
Sanskrit 	मन्वेन्दिल्
Serbian 	Манвендил (Cyrillic) Manvendil (Latin)
Sinhalese 	මැන්වෙන්ඩිල්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Манвендил
Tamil 	மன்வெண்டில்
Telugu 	మాన్వేడిల్
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Манвенділ
Urdu 	مانوےندیل
Uzbek 	Манвендил (Cyrillic) Manvendil (Latin)
Yiddish 	מאַנװענדיל
== References ==
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Category:Númenóreans
Category:Characters in Unfinished Tales
Category:Characters in The History of Middle-earth
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Category:Half-elves