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Banazîr is a Hobbitish name meaning "simple minded". It was sometimes shortened to Ban.
It was the first name of Ban Galpsi.[1]
Etymology
It comes from the Westron element ban(a) meaning "half" and zîr meaning "wise"
Translations
The name was translated as "Samwise", and Ban as Sam.
References
