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| '''Tharkûn''' ({{IPA|[tʰarkuːn]}}) was the name given to [[Gandalf]] by the [[Dwarves]].<ref>{{TT|IV5}}</ref> ''Tharkûn'' is [[Khuzdul]], meaning either "Grey-man".<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 88</ref> or "Staff-man"<ref>{{UT|Istari}}</ref>
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| ==Etymology==
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| The word possibly derives from the unattested word ''thark'' "staf" and an nominal ending ''[[-ûn]]''.<Ref>Mellonath Daeron, "[http://www.forodrim.org/daeron/md_khuzdul.html An analysis of Dwarvish]" (accessed [[11 October|11]] [[October]] [[2010]])</ref>
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| ==Other versions of the Legendarium==
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| In a draft manuscript of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', occurs the spelling ''Sharkûn''.<ref>{{WR|2|V}}</ref>
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| [[Category:Khuzdul words]]
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| [[Category:Maiar]]
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