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List of star names in Lepus

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This is the list of the proper names for the stars in the constellation Lepus. (Used in modern Western astronomy and uranography only).

List

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star proper name etymon
αあるふぁ Lep Arneb Arabic
Arsh Arabic
βべーた Lep Nihal Arabic

Etymologies

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  • Arneb, Elarneb:
< (ar) arnab, "hare" < (sci.-ar)[1] al-Arnab, "the Hare", for the whole constellation.
  • Arsh:
< (ar) ‘arsh, throne < (ind.-ar)[2] ‘Arsh al-Jawzā', "the Throne of Jawzā'", for αあるふぁ, βべーた, γがんま, δでるた Lep.
  • Nihal:
< (ar) nihāl, "quenching their thirst" < (ind.-ar) al-Nihāl, "(the Camels ) Beginning to Quench Their Thirst", for αあるふぁ, βべーた, γがんま, δでるた Lep.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ sci.-ar = scientific Arabic. See Kunitzsch & Smart (2006) p.4.
  2. ^ ind.-ar = indigenous Arabic. See ibid.

References

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  • Allen, Richard Hinckley (1963). Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning (rep. ed.). New York, NY: Dover Publications Inc. ISBN 0-486-21079-0.
  • Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, MA: Sky Pub. ISBN 978-1-931559-44-7.