Anardil

Anardil was the sixth King of Gondor.
== Biography ==
Anardil was born in TA 136.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, VII: "The Heirs of Elendil" He ascended to the throne after the death of his father Eärendil in TA 324. No notable events were recorded for his reign, suggesting it was a peaceful one. Anardil died in TA 411 aged 275 after a rule of eighty-seven years and was succeeded by his son Ostoher.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: The Númenórean Kings, (iv): "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"
== Etymology ==
The name Anardil is a Quenya word meaning "devoted to the sun" or "friend of the sun". It is formed from the words anar, meaning "sun", and -dil (another form of the more common ending -ndil), meaning "devoted" or "friend". A much earlier Anardil was the birth-name of Tar-Aldarion.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	አናርድል
Arabic 	أنارديل
Armenian 	Անարդիլ
Assamese 	আনাৰডিল
Belarusian Cyrillic	Анарділ
Bengali 	আনাদিল
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Анардил
Chinese 	安拿迪爾
Georgian 	ანარდილი
Greek 	Αναρδιλ
Gujarati 	અનારદિલ
Hebrew 	אנארדיל
Japanese 	アナルディル
Kannada 	ಅನಾರ್ಡಿಲ್
Korean 	아나르딜
Macedonian Cyrillic	Анардил
Marathi 	अनारडिल
Persian 	آناردیل
Russian 	Анардиль
Sanskrit 	आनर्दिल्
Sindhi 	انارڊيل
Tamil 	அனார்தில்
Telugu 	అనార్డిల్
Yiddish 	אַנאַרדיל
== References ==
Category:Quenya names & words
Category:Dúnedain
Category:Men of Gondor
Category:Kings of Gondor
Category:Characters in The History of Middle-earth
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