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This is a list of Arabic star names. In Western astronomy , most of the accepted star names are Arabic, a few are Greek and some are of unknown origin. Typically only bright stars have names.
24 Νοε 2007 · The leading expert on star names in Islamic astronomy, the German historian Paul Kunitzsch, has identified two traditions of star names in Muslim heritage. The first is the traditional star folklore of the Muslim peoples which he has named “indigenous-Arabic”, the second being the scientific Islamic Arabic tradition, which he designates ...
22 Φεβ 2012 · In fact, most of the astronomical terms referring to stars today come from Arabic, while others are Greek, and some remain of origin unknown. Some of the very old star names originated with people who dwelled in شبه الجزيـــــــــرة العربيــــــــة (the Arabian Peninsula) several thousand years ago.
3 Μαρ 2020 · Many of the names of the stars known today have origin in the Arabic language, since they were given names during the Golden Age of Islam. This article contains a list of 165 star names. For Western astronomy most of the accepted star names are Arabic, a few are Greek and some are of unknown orign.
17 Μαΐ 2023 · Stars such as Achernar (from Akhir an-nahr, meaning ‘The end of the river’), Aldebaran (from Ad-Dabaran, ‘The Follower’), and Deneb (Dhanab ad-Dajajah, the ‘Tail of the fowl’) are all the most brilliant and most dazzling stars in their respective constellations and all have Arabic names.
14 Μαρ 2022 · Ancient astronomers such as Hipparchus and Ptolemy described the stars by their position within the constellation. They used descriptions such as “bull’s eye” or “star on the beak”. In the Middle Ages, Arab astronomers adopted this system of marking stars, but with their own names.
The complex known in modern Western astronomy as “Arabic star names” is the result of a historical development of almost exactly one thousand years. In mediaeval times, those names were introduced into Western use by Latin translations of Arabic astronomical and astrological works.
