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SHAR-ku. The first -a- is long (like in the words fast, father etc.) and the -r- is trilled (as in Scottish English).

Nthanda would be n-TAHN-da. The -th- doesn't indicate the English (Spanish, Greek) sound we get in this and thistle; it shows that the t sound is devoiced/pronounced more quietly than a usual t. And the n- is a n sound, like humming with your mouth open; not In- or Ne- .