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'''''Khazâd''''' was the [[Khuzdul]] word for "Dwarves". | '''''Khuzd'''''' pl. '''''Khazâd''''' was the [[Khuzdul]] word for the "Dwarves". | ||
==Etymology== | |||
The word comes from the [[root]] Kh-Z-D; it is also visible in the words ''[[Khuzdul]]'' and perhaps ''[[Nulukkhizdîn]]''. | |||
==Derivatives== | |||
The plural form ''Khazâd'' is the basis of [[Quenya]] ''[[casar]]'' and [[Sindarin]] ''[[hadhod]]''. | |||
The [[Adûnaic]] word ''[[hazad]]'', meaning "seven", is presumably also related. | |||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
* [[Khazad-dûm]] | * [[Khazad-dûm]] | ||
Revision as of 22:16, 8 April 2009
Khuzd' pl. Khazâd was the Khuzdul word for the "Dwarves".
Etymology
The word comes from the root Kh-Z-D; it is also visible in the words Khuzdul and perhaps Nulukkhizdîn.
Derivatives
The plural form Khazâd is the basis of Quenya casar and Sindarin hadhod.
The Adûnaic word hazad, meaning "seven", is presumably also related.
