Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-30563719-20170706134516

Hey, guys! Gruk here.

Let's talk about the possible meaning of "Khand". It's not from any known Tolkien's language. Which makes me think, it's a word from a real language. Why? Well, Tolkien quite often used real names and words in his early drafts, it's very likely that he did so in this case.

While looking through random Wikipedia pages, I stumbled upon a weirdly   smillar word. Upon closer inspection I found out, that Khand in Sanskrit means "to divide" (or cut). Coincidence? Could be, yes. Let me ask you a question, though - Is Khand in Rhun, or in Harad? It's between them both, it divides them. Sanskrit is such an important language, I just can't belive Tolkien wouldn't use it. That's all. 