Nazg

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Nazg means "ring" in the Black Speech.[1]

Etymology

It is perhaps derived from Valarin. There is the word Mâchananaškad , "Ring of Doom".[2]

Examples

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 11
  2. ↑ Theory by Anthony Appleyard
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