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The '''castar''', or [[Sindarin]] '''mirian''', was the chief currency in [[Gondor]]. A smaller coin was the ''[[tharni]]'' or ''[[canath]]'', a silver coin worth a fourth of the ''castar''.<ref>{{ | The '''castar''', or [[Sindarin]] '''mirian''', was the chief currency in [[Gondor]]. A smaller coin was the ''[[tharni]]'' or ''[[canath]]'', a silver coin worth a fourth of the ''castar''.<ref>{{PM|Languages}}</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
[[Westron]] ''castar'' bears a striking resemblance to the [[Hobbitish]] word ''[[kast]]'' and [[Rohirric]] ''[[kastu]]'', which mean "[[mathom]]".<ref>{{ | [[Westron]] ''castar'' bears a striking resemblance to the [[Hobbitish]] word ''[[kast]]'' and [[Rohirric]] ''[[kastu]]'', which mean "[[mathom]]".<ref>{{App|Translation}}</ref> Sindarin ''mirian'' seems to be derived from ''[[mîr]]'', "jewel". | ||
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Revision as of 00:56, 3 March 2013
The castar, or Sindarin mirian, was the chief currency in Gondor. A smaller coin was the tharni or canath, a silver coin worth a fourth of the castar.[1]
Etymology
Westron castar bears a striking resemblance to the Hobbitish word kast and Rohirric kastu, which mean "mathom".[2] Sindarin mirian seems to be derived from mîr, "jewel".
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "II. The Appendix on Languages"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, "On Translation"
