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'''Mazarbul''' means "records" in [[Khuzdul]]. | '''''Mazarbul''''' means "written documents, records" in [[Khuzdul]]. | ||
==Etymology== | |||
The word has a probable root *ZRB, "write, inscribe".<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 47</ref> | |||
If so, it also contains a prefix ''ma-'' which perhaps denotes perfect tense, and the suffix ''[[-ul]]''.<ref>Magnus Auberg, [http://www.forodrim.org/daeron/md_khuzdul.html An analysis of Dwarvish]</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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* [[Chamber of Mazarbul]] | * [[Chamber of Mazarbul]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:39, 2 November 2012
Mazarbul means "written documents, records" in Khuzdul.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The word has a probable root *ZRB, "write, inscribe".[1]
If so, it also contains a prefix ma- which perhaps denotes perfect tense, and the suffix -ul.[2]
See also[edit | edit source]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 47
- ↑ Magnus Auberg, An analysis of Dwarvish
