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{{quote|There's a great fighter about, one of those bloody-handed Elves, or one of the filthy '''tarks'''.|[[Snaga (Orc of Mordor)|Snaga]], [[The Return of the King]], [[The Tower of Cirith Ungol]]}} | {{quote|There's a great fighter about, one of those bloody-handed Elves, or one of the filthy '''tarks'''.|[[Snaga (Orc of Mordor)|Snaga]], [[The Return of the King]], [[The Tower of Cirith Ungol]]}} | ||
'''Tarks''' was a name used among the [[Orcs]] to describe the [[Men of Gondor]]. It was used in the [[Common Speech]] to describe [[Men]] of [[Númenórean]] heritage. To the Orcs of the later [[Third Age]], such Men would always be enemies, and so the word ''tark'' tended to be used in an insulting way, as in [[Snaga]]'s comments quoted above. | '''Tarks''' was a name used among the [[Orcs]] to describe the [[Men of Gondor]]. It was used in the [[Common Speech]] to describe [[Men]] of [[Númenórean]] heritage. To the Orcs of the later [[Third Age]], such Men would always be enemies, and so the word ''tark'' tended to be used in an insulting way, as in [[Snaga (Orc of Mordor)|Snaga]]'s comments quoted above. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
'Tark' was a corrupted version of [[Tarkil]], a [[Westron]] borrowing from [[Quenya]] that literally meant '[[High Man]]', | 'Tark' was a corrupted version of [[Tarkil]], a [[Westron]] borrowing from [[Quenya]] that literally meant '[[High Man]]', | ||
Revision as of 14:46, 11 May 2009
- "There's a great fighter about, one of those bloody-handed Elves, or one of the filthy tarks."
- ― Snaga, The Return of the King, The Tower of Cirith Ungol
Tarks was a name used among the Orcs to describe the Men of Gondor. It was used in the Common Speech to describe Men of Númenórean heritage. To the Orcs of the later Third Age, such Men would always be enemies, and so the word tark tended to be used in an insulting way, as in Snaga's comments quoted above.
Etymology
'Tark' was a corrupted version of Tarkil, a Westron borrowing from Quenya that literally meant 'High Man',
Portrayal in Adaptations
2007: The Lord of the Rings Online:
- Whenever a keep is flipped in favor of the Servents of the Eye, an orc calls out "look at the feeble târks run!"
