Minardil

Minardil was the twenty-fifth King of Gondor.
==Biography==
Minardil was born in TA 1454The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, VII: "The Heirs of Elendil" during the reign of his great-grandfather Eldacar and was the son and successor of King Hyarmendacil II whom he succeeded in TA 1621. His reign was brief and turbulent. His steward, Húrin of Emyn Arnen, would found the line of the House of Húrin, who became Ruling Stewards centuries later. In TA 1634, he was at Pelargir when it was suddenly attacked by the Corsairs of Umbar and he was slain. Minardil ruled for thirteen years. He had two sons: his eldest son Telemnar (who succeeded him)The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: The Númenórean Kings, (iv): "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Third Age" and his younger son Minastan.
==Etymology== 
Minardil is a Quenya word that means 'Tower-lover', from Minas (mutated into Minar), and the suffix -(n)dil, meaning 'lover/devoted to'.The Complete Guide to Middle-earth
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ሚናርዲል
Arabic 	مينارديل
Armenian 	Մինարդիլ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Мінарділ
Bengali 	মিনারদিল
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Минардил
Chinese 	米那迪爾
Georgian 	მინარდილ
Greek 	Μιναρδιλ
Gujarati 	મિનર્દિલ
Hebrew 	מינארדיל
Hindi 	मिनर्दिल
Kazakh 	Мінарділ (Cyrillic) Minardil (Latin)
Korean 	미나르딜
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Минардил
Macedonian Cyrillic	Минардил
Marathi 	मिनार्डिल
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Минардил
Nepalese 	मिनर्दिल
Pashto 	میناردیل
Persian 	میناردیل ?
Sanskrit 	मिनर्दिल्
Serbian 	Минардил (Cyrillic) Minardil (Latin)
Sinhalese 	මිනාර්ඩිල්
Russian 	Минардил
Tajik Cyrillic 	Минардил
Tamil 	மிநர்தில்
Telugu 	మినర్దిల
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Мінарділ
Urdu 	مينارديل
Uzbek 	Минардил (Cyrillic) Minardil (Latin)
Yiddish 	מינאַרדיל
==References==
Category:Men of Gondor
Category:Kings of Gondor
Category:Characters in The History of Middle-earth
Category:Deaths in battle
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