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'''''Al Birdhaun''''' '''البرذون''' ''/ '' |
'''''Al Birdhaun''''' '''البرذون''' ''/ '' was suggested as an Arabian star name. ''al-Birḍawn'' is indeed an Arabic word « le Cheval de somme ». It is quoted in Laffitte (2012) from historical dictionaries, e.g. Allen (1899) but likely accidentally invented by one of his sources. |
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==Etymology and History== |
==Etymology and History== |
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=== Provenance === |
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==='''''al-birdhaun''''' in Danielle Adams, ''Rain Stars Set, Lunar Stations Rise'', 2018, pp. 162–163.=== |
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* Abu Ma'ashar in ''Kitāb al-Mudḫal al-kabīr'', does not have it |
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==='''''al-birdhaun''''' per Khalid AlAjaji=== |
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* al-Battānī, al-Ṣūfī and al-Bīrūnī: no mention. |
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* Allen (1899) in the discussion of Lupus pg 278 - 279 says this: "Caesius said that in Persia it was '''Bridemif''', but Hyde, commenting on p279 this from Albumasar, asserted that the word should be '''Birdūn''', the Pack-horse, and was really intended for the Centaur." |
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* ''Introductorium astronomiam Albumasaris'', ed. 1506, and checked the texts of Scaliger, Grotius and Caesius: no one actually gives ''al-birḍun'' but only Caesius indicates ''Bredemis''. |
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* Golius gives in ''Lexicon Arabico-Latinum'', page 286 : ''al-Birdawn'' = ''jumentum''. So, whether or not it was inserted into Hyde‘s work, it is unlikely that this author, any more than his predecessors, invented this name. |
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=== Laffitte (2012) === |
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* pour ''Centaurus'' chez al-Ṣūfī > ''‘Birdun’'', Hyde, cité par Allen. ''Birdun'', ''Pultar'', ''Al Birdhaun'', ''h2g2''. |
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* perhaps a name for ''ε Cen'', a 2.29 mag star in [[Centaurus]]. |
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==Discussion== |
==Discussion== |
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==IAU Working Group Star Names== |
==IAU Working Group Star Names== |
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The name was proposed to for the IAU-CSN in 2025 following a discussion of other star names in the region. The WGSN decided neglect it, since its provenance is questionable at best. |
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==Weblinks== |
==Weblinks== |
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Latest revision as of 15:36, 17 May 2025
Al Birdhaun البرذون / was suggested as an Arabian star name. al-Birḍawn is indeed an Arabic word « le Cheval de somme ». It is quoted in Laffitte (2012) from historical dictionaries, e.g. Allen (1899) but likely accidentally invented by one of his sources.
Etymology and History
Provenance
- Abu Ma'ashar in Kitāb al-Mudḫal al-kabīr, does not have it
- al-Battānī, al-Ṣūfī and al-Bīrūnī: no mention.
- Allen (1899) in the discussion of Lupus pg 278 - 279 says this: "Caesius said that in Persia it was Bridemif, but Hyde, commenting on p279 this from Albumasar, asserted that the word should be Birdūn, the Pack-horse, and was really intended for the Centaur."
- Introductorium astronomiam Albumasaris, ed. 1506, and checked the texts of Scaliger, Grotius and Caesius: no one actually gives al-birḍun but only Caesius indicates Bredemis.
- Golius gives in Lexicon Arabico-Latinum, page 286 : al-Birdawn = jumentum. So, whether or not it was inserted into Hyde‘s work, it is unlikely that this author, any more than his predecessors, invented this name.
Laffitte (2012)
- al-Birḏawn: épithète utilisée pour la partie cheval du Centaure dans un texte arabe classique
- pour Centaurus chez al-Ṣūfī > ‘Birdun’, Hyde, cité par Allen. Birdun, Pultar, Al Birdhaun, h2g2.
- perhaps a name for ε Cen, a 2.29 mag star in Centaurus.
Discussion
IAU Working Group Star Names
The name was proposed to for the IAU-CSN in 2025 following a discussion of other star names in the region. The WGSN decided neglect it, since its provenance is questionable at best.
Weblinks
Reference
Ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī, Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdallah b. Muslim. 1956. Kitāb al-anwāʾ (fī mawāsim al-ʿArab). Hyderabad: Maṭbaʿat Majlis Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif al-ʿUthmāniyya.
Kunitzsch, Paul. 1961. Untersuchungen zur Sternnomenklatur der Araber. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz.
al-Ṣūfī, Abū al-Ḥusayn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿUmar. 1981. Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thamāniya wa al-arbaʿīn. Beirut: Dār al-Āfāq al-Jadīda.
