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Barazinbar

Barazinbar is the Khuzdul name for Redhorn[1], named Caradhras in Sindarin.

It was also called Baraz meaning "Red".

[edit] Etymology

From the elements baraz "red" and -inbar (individually perhaps *nibar[2]) meaning "horn".

[edit] References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Treason of Isengard, p. 174
  2. An analysis of Dwarvish by Magnus Åberg