Araphant

Araphant was the fourteenth King of Arthedain.
== Biography ==
Araphant was the son and heir of King Araval who came to the throne in TA 1891 at the death of his father. During his reign the the well-known seer Malbeth predicted regarding the fate of his son Arvedui. For some five-hundred years, Arthedain had held off the constant attacks of the evil realm of Angmar. Araphant continued fighting off these attacks with failing strength.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: The Númenórean Kings, (iv): "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"
During his time the rulers of Arthedain and Gondor became aware that a force was conducting coordinated attacks on the exiles of Númenor. Araphant therefore renewed contact with Gondor, and forged an alliance with King Ondoher, leading to a marriage between Ondoher's daughter Fíriel and Araphant's son Arvedui. Four years later King Ondoher died during an attack of the Wainriders, and Arvedui made a claim for the throne of Gondor by right of his blood connection to Isildur, and his wife Fíriel, who by the laws of Númenor should have become the Ruling Queen. This claim was denied by Gondor, and the the kingship of Gondor passed to Eärnil II.
Araphant died in TA 1964 after ruling for seventy-three years, and was succeeded by his son Arvedui.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: The Númenórean Kings, (iii): "Eriador, Arnor, and the Heirs of Isildur"
== Etymology ==
The name Araphant comes from Sindarin and literally translates into "Full King", from ar(a) (" king, noble, royal") and panta ("full").The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ዓራፕሃንት
Armenian 	Արաֆանտ
Arabic 	أرافانت
Belarusian Cyrillic	Арафант
Bengali 	আরাফান্ট
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Арафант
Chinese 	亞拉芬
Georgian 	არაფანტი
Greek 	Αραφαντ
Gujarati 	અરાફેન્ટ
Hebrew 	אראפאנט
Hindi 	अरफान्त
Japanese 	アラファント
Kannada 	ಅರಾಫಂಟ್
Kazakh 	Арафант (Cyrillic) Arafant (Latin)
Korean 	아라판트 주
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Арафант
Macedonian Cyrillic	Арафант
Marathi 	अराफंट
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Арафант
Nepalese 	अराफान्ट
Persian 	آراپانت
Punjabi 	ਅਰਾਫਾਂਟ
Russian 	Арафант
Serbian 	Арапхант (Cyrillic) Araphant (Latin)
Sinhalese 	අරෆන්ට්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Арапҳант
Tamil 	அறபான்ட்
Telugu 	ఆర్ఫన్ట్
Thai 	ะระผะนต
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Арафант
Urdu 	آراپحنٹ
Uzbek 	Арафант (Cyrillic) Arafant (Latin)
Yiddish 	אַראַפאַנט
== References ==
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