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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]]
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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.

References