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'''Sharkû''' is [[Orkish]] meaning "old man". In the more familiar form "[[Sharkey]]" it was used by the [[Orcs]] and [[Men]] of [[Isengard]] to refer to their leader, the [[Wizards|Wizard]] [[Saruman]].
'''''sharkû''''' is an [[Orkish]] word meaning "old man".<ref>{{HM|N}}, p. 763</ref><ref group=note>[[Robert Foster]] used the form ''sharkú'' in his ''[[The Complete Guide to Middle-earth|Complete Guide to Middle-earth]]'' (see entry for ''Sharkey'').</ref> Modified to fit the [[Westron|Common Speech]] (and anglicized in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'') it was rendered as "[[Sharkey]]", used by the [[Orcs]] and [[Men]] of [[Isengard]] as a nickname for their leader, the [[Wizards|Wizard]] [[Saruman]].<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. 658</ref>
 
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
Although it is not certain, ''Sharkû'' might be derived from the [[Mannish]] [[root]] [[ZAR]]. The ending could be identified with the ending seen in ''[[Tharkûn]]''.<ref name="Lalaith">Lalaith's Middle-earth Science, "[http://lalaith.vpsurf.de/Tolkien/Fr_Atani.html Etymologies of the Atani Languages]" (accessed [[11 October|11]] [[October]] [[2010]])</ref>
Andreas Möhn has suggested that ''sharkû'' might be derived from a hypothetical [[Mannish]] [[Sundocarme|root]] ZAR. The ending could be identified with the ending seen in ''[[Gandalf#Names|Tharkûn]]''.<ref>{{webcite|author=Andreas Möhn|articleurl=http://lalaith.vpsurf.de/Tolkien/Fr_Atani.html|articlename=Etymologies of the Atani Languages|dated=|website=Lalaith|accessed=22 April 2013}}</ref>
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This article is about an Orkish word. For the orc from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, see Sharku.

sharkû is an Orkish word meaning "old man".[1][note 1] Modified to fit the Common Speech (and anglicized in The Lord of the Rings) it was rendered as "Sharkey", used by the Orcs and Men of Isengard as a nickname for their leader, the Wizard Saruman.[2]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

Andreas Möhn has suggested that sharkû might be derived from a hypothetical Mannish root ZAR. The ending could be identified with the ending seen in Tharkûn.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Robert Foster used the form sharkú in his Complete Guide to Middle-earth (see entry for Sharkey).

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 763
  2. ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 658
  3. ↑ Andreas Möhn, "Etymologies of the Atani Languages", Lalaith's Middle-earth Science Pages (accessed 22 April 2013)
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