Sindarin 

perian

noun. Halfling, Hobbit

Sindarin word for a “Halfing” (PE17/66, 100; RGEO/67; LotR/859) based on the root √PER “half”.

Sindarin [Let/425; Let/427; Let/448; LotR/0768; LotR/0807; LotR/0859; LotR/0953; LotR/0966; LotR/1114; LotR/1116; LotR/1130; LotRI/Hobbit; LotRI/Periain; PE17/066; PE17/096; PE17/100; PE17/102; PMI/Periannath; RGEO/67; S/303; SDI1/Periain; SDI1/Periannath; SI/Halflings; SI/Periannath; UTI/Halflings; UTI/Perian] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

perian

noun. Halfling

Noldorin [SD/046; SD/055; WR/287] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Quenya 

Perian

hobbit

#Perian noun "Hobbit" (#Periand-), gen. pl. Periandion *"of Hobbits" in the Elaine inscription. VT49:40 gives the erroneous reading Periondion.