hadhodrond

place name. Dwarrowdelf, (lit.) Dwarrowvault

The original Sindarin name and translation of Khazad-dûm (S/91, WJ/389), a compound of Hadhod “Dwarf” and rond “vault” (SA/hadhod, rond; WJ/414), changed to Moria after its fall into darkness.

Conceptual Development: Earlier Sindarin translations include Nornhabar (WJ/209) and Dornhabar (PE17/35).

nornhabar

place name. Dwarrowdelf

An earlier Sindarin translation of Khazad-dûm, replaced by Hadhodrond (WJ/209). It is a compound of norn “hard”, which is sometimes used as a name for Dwarves, and the lenited form of ✱sabar “delving”. A variant Dornhabar appears in Tolkien’s Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings (PE17/35), changing the initial element to dorn of similar meaning. The form Domhabar that was originally published in PE17 is confirmed to have been an error; see the PEE (PEE).