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'''Banazîr''' is a [[Hobbitish]] name meanins "Half-wise". It was sometimes shortened to '''Ban'''. | '''Banazîr''' is a [[Hobbitish]] name meanins "Half-wise". It was sometimes shortened to '''Ban'''. | ||
It was the first name of [[Sam Gamgee|Ban Galpsi]]. | It was the first name of [[Sam Gamgee|Ban Galpsi]].<ref>{{HM|AF}}</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
It comes from the Westron element ''[[bana]]'' meaning "half" and ''[[zîr]]'' meaning "wise" | It comes from the Westron element ''[[bana]]'' meaning "half" and ''[[zîr]]'' meaning "wise" | ||
==Translations== | ==Translations== | ||
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[Perhael]]'' | *[[Sindarin]] ''[[Perhael]]'' | ||
The name was translated as "Samwise", and Ban as Sam. | |||
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[[Category:Westron words]] | [[Category:Westron words]] | ||
[[de:Samweis Gamdschie#Namen_und_Titel]] | [[de:Samweis Gamdschie#Namen_und_Titel]] | ||
[[fi:Banazîr]] | [[fi:Banazîr]] |
Revision as of 10:32, 25 October 2009
Banazîr is a Hobbitish name meanins "Half-wise". It was sometimes shortened to Ban.
It was the first name of Ban Galpsi.[1]
Etymology
It comes from the Westron element bana meaning "half" and zîr meaning "wise"
Translations
The name was translated as "Samwise", and Ban as Sam.