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| {{Pronounce|Azanulbizar.mp3|Ardamir}}
| | #REDIRECT [[Dimrill Dale]] |
| '''Azanulbizar''' is a [[Khuzdul]] name for the valley between two arms of the [[Misty Mountains]], and means "[[Dimrill Dale]]".
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| It is called [[Nanduhirion]] by the [[Elves]].
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| ==Etymology==
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| 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"..
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| [[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>.
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| 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>''[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion]]'' p. 269</ref>
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| According to the second interpretation, ''bizar'' "dale" and ''ul'' "rill(s), streams"<ref>{{HM|RS}}</ref>.
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| [[Category:Khuzdul words]] | | [[Category:Khuzdul words]] |
| [[fi:Azanulbizar]]
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