Khuzdûl {Dwarvish} (KHUZH-dool)
Khuzdûl , or Dwarvish, is the language of Dwarves on Prodat.
Creator's Note:
Most Khuzdûlu Prodat (KHUZH-doo-loo PRO-daht), or Prodatean Dwarvish, is derived from the Dwarvish language created by J.R.R. Tolkien for his world of Middle Earth. While Tolkien spent a lot of time on Elvish, there is far less material available on Dwarvish (a total of 84 words and language constructs), much of which is gathered at Parf Edhellen. However, that small original sample has been supplemented by the astonishingly broad work on an expanded language called Neo-Khudzul (with around 75,000 words!), created by Roy AKA Kandral at The Dwarrow Scholar. His work overlaps that of several other sources, incuding an earlier version of Neo-Khuzdul by linguist David Salo (around 1000 words) and material developed for the LoTR Online game (about 350 words). An overview of how those different versions are related is described in this Tumblr post.)
Many (but not all) Prodatean Dwarvish words have specific etymological derivations, even though some of those are actually completely made of whole cloth, and some are basically reverse engineered to fit Tolkien's language (or the expanded version from The Dwarrow Scholar). This work has tried to include etymological notes for specific words as best we can. While there are limited Khuzdul entries that are accessible at Parf Edhellen, the vocabulary from The Dwarrow Scholar is not as easily accessed, existing primarily in a huge document that has to be manually searched word by word.
This work has relied heavily on Neo-Khuzdul, and has used a few other sources along the way, as listed in particular entries. We have tried to include etymological notes for specific articles (particularly locations and organizations), as well as in the dictionary entries that are accessible from this page.
Abbreviations for Sources:
Creator's Note:
Most Khuzdûlu Prodat (KHUZH-doo-loo PRO-daht), or Prodatean Dwarvish, is derived from the Dwarvish language created by J.R.R. Tolkien for his world of Middle Earth. While Tolkien spent a lot of time on Elvish, there is far less material available on Dwarvish (a total of 84 words and language constructs), much of which is gathered at Parf Edhellen. However, that small original sample has been supplemented by the astonishingly broad work on an expanded language called Neo-Khudzul (with around 75,000 words!), created by Roy AKA Kandral at The Dwarrow Scholar. His work overlaps that of several other sources, incuding an earlier version of Neo-Khuzdul by linguist David Salo (around 1000 words) and material developed for the LoTR Online game (about 350 words). An overview of how those different versions are related is described in this Tumblr post.)
Many (but not all) Prodatean Dwarvish words have specific etymological derivations, even though some of those are actually completely made of whole cloth, and some are basically reverse engineered to fit Tolkien's language (or the expanded version from The Dwarrow Scholar). This work has tried to include etymological notes for specific words as best we can. While there are limited Khuzdul entries that are accessible at Parf Edhellen, the vocabulary from The Dwarrow Scholar is not as easily accessed, existing primarily in a huge document that has to be manually searched word by word.
This work has relied heavily on Neo-Khuzdul, and has used a few other sources along the way, as listed in particular entries. We have tried to include etymological notes for specific articles (particularly locations and organizations), as well as in the dictionary entries that are accessible from this page.
Abbreviations for Sources:
- STD - Standard Tolkien Dwarvish
- NKD - Neo-Khudzul Dictionary at The Dwarrow Scholar
- PE - Khuzdûl entries can be found at Parf Edhellen by selecting the Khuzdûl language in the drop down box at the top right
- FRDD - Dwarvish Dictionary (very limited) at Forgotten Realms Wiki
- DLR - Thread on Dwarvish Language Resources at EN World
- CDT - Common Dwarvish Translator at lingojam
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