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'''''tharni''''' is a [[Westron]] word. It is an older form of '''tharantīn''', which means "quarter". Dependant on where it was spoken, it has two meanings:
'''''tharni''''' is a [[Westron]] word which means "quarter". Dependant on where it was spoken, it has two meanings:
* A division of [[the Shire]]. It was translated ''[[Farthings|Farthing]]'' in the text.
* A division of [[the Shire]]. It was translated ''[[Farthings|Farthing]]'' in the text.<ref name="PM">{{PM|Languages}}, p. 45</ref>
* In [[Gondor]], it was a silver coin ([[Sindarin]] ''canath''), worth one fourth of a [[Kastar]], or ''Mirian''.
* In [[Gondor]], it was a silver coin ([[Sindarin]] ''[[canath]]''), worth one fourth of a [[Castar]], or ''Mirian''.<ref name="PM"/>
==Etymology==
It has an older form ''[[tharantīn]]'',<ref name="PM"/> from possible [[Adûnaic]] *''tharan'' "four".{{fact}}


==References==
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* ''[[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]'', ''The Appendix on Languages'', page 48.
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Latest revision as of 17:57, 18 March 2020

tharni is a Westron word which means "quarter". Dependant on where it was spoken, it has two meanings:

Etymology[edit | edit source]

It has an older form tharantīn,[1] from possible Adûnaic *tharan "four".[source?]

References