haradrim

collective name. Southrons, (lit.) People of the Harad

Sindarin name of the Southrons (LotR/245), a combination of harad “south” and the class-plural suffix -rim (Let/178).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name first appeared as N. Haradoth >> Haradhoth (WR/365), ending instead with hoth “host”.

Elements

Word	Gloss
harad	“south”
-rim	“collective or group plural”