Razanur Tûk was the actual Westron form of the Hobbitish name anglicised by Tolkien into "Peregrin Took".[1]
In The Peoples of Middle-earth, Tolkien states that Razanur was the name of a legendary traveller and comes from raza "stranger", and razan "foreign".[2]
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References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, "On Translation"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "II. The Appendix on Languages", p. 50