Black Speech

uruk-hai

noun. Orc-folk

Elements

WordGloss
uruk“Orc”
-hai“folk”
Black Speech [LotR/0446; LotR/1131; LotRI/Uruk-hai; PE17/012; PE17/136; SDI1/Uruk-hai; TII/Uruk-hai; UTI/Uruks; WJI/Uruk; WRI/Uruk-hai] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Uruk-hai

Uruk-hai

The name Uruk-hai has the element uruk, which is a Black Speech word meaning "Orc". (For related words in other languages, see Orcs in Tolkien's languages.) The element -hai, also present in Olog-hai and Oghor-hai, means "folk, people".

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