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'''Azanulbizar''' is a [[Khuzdul]] name for the valley between two arms of the [[Misty Mountains]], and means "[[Dimrill Dale]]".
'''Azanulbizar''' was the [[Khuzdul]] name for "[[Dimrill Dale]]".<ref>{{FR|II3}}</ref> The name was lent to the [[Battle of Azanulbizar|battle]] fought there.<ref>{{App|Durin}}</ref>
==Etymology==
[[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] explored various possibilities regarding the exact interpretation of the elements occurring in the name: it is either ''[[Azanul]]'' + ''[[bizar]]'' or ''[[Uzn|Azan]]+[[ûl]]+[[bizar]]'', though the whole was to somehow express "Dimrill Dale".


It is called [[Nanduhirion]] by the [[Elves]].
Tolkien stated that "the Common Speech form is an accurate translation: the valley of the dim (overshadowed) rills that ran down the mountainside".<ref>[[Jared Lobdell]] (ed.), ''[[A Tolkien Compass]]'', p. 182</ref> In another point it is given as "Vale of Dim Streams" with three elements.<ref name="RS">{{HM|RS}}, p. 466</ref>
==Etymology==
 
The etymology of the word has two alternative interpretations: it is either [[Azanul]]+[[bizar]] or [[Uzn|Azan]]+[[ûl]]+[[bizar]].
The first interpretation says that ''azan'' "shadows, dimnesses", ''[[-ul]]'' genitive marker and ''bizar'' "streams, rills"; in this interpretation it means "rills of shadows", and the word "dale" is understood (the full name being ''[[duban]] Azanulbizar'').<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. 269</ref>


[[Tolkien]] stated that "the Common Speech form is an accurate translation: the valley of the dim (overshadowed) rills that ran down the mountainside"<ref>[[A Tolkien Compass]] p. 182</ref>. In another point it is given as "Vale of Dim Streams" with three elements<ref>{{HM|RS}} p. 466</ref>. Tolkien experimented with various interpretations of the different elements, though the whole was to somehow express "Dimrill Dale".
According to the second interpretation, ''bizar'' means "dale" and ''ul'' "rill(s), streams".<ref name="RS"/>
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Main article: Dimrill Dale

Azanulbizar was the Khuzdul name for "Dimrill Dale".[1] The name was lent to the battle fought there.[2]

Etymology

Tolkien explored various possibilities regarding the exact interpretation of the elements occurring in the name: it is either Azanul + bizar or Azan+ûl+bizar, though the whole was to somehow express "Dimrill Dale".

Tolkien stated that "the Common Speech form is an accurate translation: the valley of the dim (overshadowed) rills that ran down the mountainside".[3] In another point it is given as "Vale of Dim Streams" with three elements.[4]

The first interpretation says that azan "shadows, dimnesses", -ul genitive marker and bizar "streams, rills"; in this interpretation it means "rills of shadows", and the word "dale" is understood (the full name being duban Azanulbizar).[5]

According to the second interpretation, bizar means "dale" and ul "rill(s), streams".[4]

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