Tar-Elendil

Tar-Elendil was the fourth King of Númenor, succeeding his father Tar-Amandil. He was considered to be a master of lore and a notable scholar.
== Biography ==
His oldest child was Silmariën, a daughter, and his second child was Isilmë, another daughter. Silmariën would have become Queen according to the principle of "full cognatic primogeniture". However, the laws dictating succession at the time followed rather the principle known as "agnatic primogeniture", preventing women from ruling. Consequently, his third child and oldest son, Tar-Meneldur succeeded him.
Tar-Elendil was the direct ancestor of all subsequent Kings of Númenor through his son. From the time of the reign of Tar-Elendil, the Númenóreans began to make voyages to Middle-earth. It was in SA 600 that Vëantur, the Captain of the King's Ships, sailed from Númenor to Middle-earth for the first time. He surrendered the Sceptre in SA 740 and died in the year 751 of the Second Age, at the age of 401.
==Etymology==
The name Elendil is a Quenya word meaning "Friend of Elves", from the word elen ("elves") and 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 	ጣር፡ዐለንዲል
Arabic 	طارءىلينديل
Armenian 	Տար-Ելենդիլ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Тар-Элендиль
Bengali 	টার্-এলেন্দিল
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Тар-Елендил
Catalan 	Tar-Eléndil
Chinese 	塔爾-伊蘭迪爾
Danish 	Tar-Elendil (4. konge af Númenor)
Georgian 	ცარ-ელენდილი
Greek 	Ταρ-Ελενδιλ
Gujarati 	ટર્-ઍલેન્દિલ
Hebrew 	טאר אלנדיל
Hindi 	टर्-एलेन्दिल
Japanese 	タル＝エレンディル
Kazakh 	Тар-Елендил (Cyrillic) Tar-Elendïl (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Тар-Элэндил
Macedonian Cyrillic	Тар-Елендил
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Тар-Елендил
Nepalese 	टर्-एलेन्दिल
Pashto 	طار-ېلېندیل
Persian 	تار-الندیل
Punjabi 	ਟਾਰ-ਐਲੇਂਦਿਲ
Russian 	Тар-Элендил
Sanskrit 	टर्-एलेन्दिल्
Serbian 	Тар-Елендил (Cyrillic) Tar-Elendil (Latin)
Sinhalese 	තාර-ඒලෙඳිල්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Тар-Елендил
Tamil 	தார்-ஏலெந்தில்
Telugu 	టర్-ఏలెన్దిల
Thai 	?
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Тар-Еленділ
Urdu 	طارءےلےندیل
Uzbek 	Тар-Елендил (Cyrillic) Tar-Elendil (Latin)
Yiddish 	טאַר-עלענדיל
== References ==
Category:Númenóreans
Category:Númenórean Kings
Category:The Silmarillion characters
Category:Characters in Unfinished Tales
Category:Quenya names & words
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