handir

masculine name. Handir

The 5th chieftain of the Haladin (S/195), his name is a combination of [N.] hand “intelligent” and dîr “man” (Ety/KHAN).

Conceptual Development: This name appeared as N. Handir in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/129, LR/139), and in The Etymologies it appeared with the derivation given above.

Elements

Word	Gloss
hand	“seat”
dîr	“man, man, [N.] adult male; agental suffix”

Handir

noun. intelligent one

hand (“intelligent”) + dîr (“man, adult male”)