Kh. Khazad-dûm loc. “Dwarrowdelf, (lit.) Delving of the Dwarves”

Kh. Khazad-dûm loc. “Dwarrowdelf, (lit.) Delving of the Dwarves”

References ✧ LotR/283; LotRI/Khazad-dûm, Moria; LR/274; LRI/Khazaddûm; PE17/35, 47; PM/24, 44; PMI; RC/225; RS/465, 467; RSI; S/91; SA/hadhod; SI/Dwarrowdelf, Hadhodrond, Khazad-dûm; TI/117, 166; TII; UTI; WJ/209, 389, 397; WJI/Casarrondo, Hadhodrond, Khazad-dûm

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Khazaddūmu genitive “of Moria” ✧ PE17/47

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Khuzd “Dwarf” plural ✧ LR/274 (Khuzûd); PE17/35 (khăzăd-); S/91 (Khazâd); SA/hadhod (Khazâd); SI/Khazâd (Khazâd)
dûm “excavations, halls, mansions” ✧ PE17/35; SI/Khazad-dûm

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Kh. Uruktharbun loc.

An early dwarf name of unknown meaning appearing in the first draft of the chapter “The Mines of Moria” in the phrase “the dwarflords of Uruktharbun” (RS/458). According to Christopher Tolkien (RS/465, note 36), the name Azanulbizâr (Dimrill-dale) was pencilled next to it, but in the next version of the chapter it was changed to Khazad-dûm (Moria), so Uruktharbun could be the precursor of either of these later names.

References ✧ RS/458, 465; RSI

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