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=== '''''al-TERM''''' per Khalid AlAjaji ===
=== '''''al-TERM''''' per Khalid AlAjaji ===


=== '''''al-TERM''''' in Laffitte (2012<ref>Roland Laffitte, ''Le ciel des Arabes'', 2012</ref>, 2025<ref>Roland Laffitte, ''Nommer les étoile: 500 noms hérités des Arabes - Apport de l'uranographie arabe'', Orient des Mots, 2025 ([https://uranos.fr/500-noms-herites-des-arabes/ online])</ref>). ===
=== '''''al-Faras''''' in Laffitte (2012<ref>Roland Laffitte, ''Le ciel des Arabes'', 2012</ref>, 2025<ref>Roland Laffitte, ''Nommer les étoile: 500 noms hérités des Arabes - Apport de l'uranographie arabe'', Orient des Mots, 2025 ([https://uranos.fr/500-noms-herites-des-arabes/ online])</ref>). ===
[[File:AlFaras Roland2025.png|thumb|al-faras, The Horse, is an Indigenous Arabian constellation (drawing Laffitte 2012). Names in contemporary catalogs (''Ίππος > al-Faras'', ''ap.'' ms. de St-Pétersbourg)]]
Reading Variants '''B19.'''
* ''Ίππος /'' / ''al-Faras al-Ṯānī'', « le Second Cheval » (Ḥağğāğ)
* ''al-Faras'', « le Cheval » (Isḥāq, Battānī)
* ''al-Faras al-A<sup>c</sup>ẓam'', « le Grand Cheval » (Isḥāq, Ṣūfī)
* ''al-Faras al-Muğannaḥ,'' « le Cheval ailé » (Bīrūnī)
* ''Buruṭūs ( ?)'' (Battānī)

==== '''''Individual Star Names''''' ====
{| class="wikitable"
!Arabic
(original)
!Arabic transliteration
!French
(Laffitte 2025)
!English
!Author
!identified star
|-
|
|''Ğanb al-Faras''
|le Flanc du Cheval
|The Flank of the Horse
|Battānī
|''α Peg''
|-
|
|''Kitf al-Faras''
|l’Épaule du Cheval
|The Shoulder<sup>?</sup> of the Horse
|Bīrūnī
|''α Peg''
|-
|
|''Mankib al-Faras''
|l’Épaule du Cheval
|The Shoulder<sup>?</sup> of the Horse
|Battānī
|''β Peg''
|-
|
|''Ẓahr al-Faras''
|le Dos du Cheval
|The Back of the Horse
|Battānī
|''γ Peg''
|-
|
|''al-Matan''
|le Paleron
|The Shoulder Blade
|Bīrūnī
|''γ Peg''
|-
|
|''Matan al-Faras''
|le Paleron du Cheval
|The Shoulder Blade of the Horse
|Marrākušī
|''γ Peg''
|-
|
|''Ṭaraf al-Ğanāḥ''
|le Bout de l’Aile
|the tip<sup>?</sup> of the wing
|Bīrūnī
|''γ Peg''
|-
|
|''Ğanāḥ al-Faras''
|l’Aile du Cheval
|The Wing of the Horse
|Battānī
|''γ Peg''
|-
|
|''Ğanāḥ''
|Aile
|The Wing
|Miṣrī
|''γ Peg''
|-
|
|''Mankib al-Faras''
|l’Épaule du Cheval
|The Shoulder of the Horse
|Battānī
|''δ Peg''
|-
|
|''al-Nayra''
|la Brillante
|The Bright One
|Bīrūnī
|''= α And''
|-
|
|''Surrat al-Faras wa-ḥuwwa''
|l’Ombilic du Cheval
|The Navel of the Horse
|Marrākušī
|''= α And''
|-
|
|''Ğaḥlafat al-Faras''
|la Lippe du Cheval
|The Lip of the Horse
|Battānī
|''ε Peg''
|-
|
|''Fum al-Faras''
|la Gueule du Cheval
|The Snout of the Horse
|Marrākušī
|''ε Peg''
|}


Names in contemporary catalogs
{| class="wikitable"
!Arabic
(original)
!Arabic transliteration
!French
(Laffitte 2025)
!English
!Author
!identified stars
|-
|
|''ᶜUnuq al-Faras''
|le Cou du Cheval
|The Neck of the Horse
|Marrākušī
|''ζ Peg''
|-
|
|''Rukbat al-Faras''
|le Genou du Cheval
|The Knee of the Horse
|Marrākušī
|''η Peg''
|-
|
|''Ra’s al-Faras''
|la Tête du Cheval
|The Head of the Horse
|Marrākušī
|''θ Peg''
|-
|
|''al-Kaᶜb al-Ayman''
|la Cheville droite
|The Right Ankle
|Bīrūnī
|''ι Peg''
|-
|
|''Rukbat al-Faras''
|Le Genou du Cheval
|The Knee of the Horse
|Miṣrī
|''ι Peg''
|-
|
|''al-Kaᶜb al-aysar''
|la Cheville gauche
|The Left Ankle
|Bīrūnī
|''κ Peg''
|-
|
|''al-Kaᶜb al-aysar min al-Faras''
|la Cheville gauche du Cheval
|The Left Ankle of the Horse
|Marrākušī
|''κ Peg''
|-
|
|''Ṣadr al-Faras''
|la Poitrine du Cheval
|The Breast of the Horse
|Marrākušī
|''λ Peg''
|-
|
|''al-Rukbat al-aysar''
|le Genou gauche
|The Left Knee
|Bīrūnī
|''π Peg''
|}


==Discussion==
==Discussion==

Revision as of 12:41, 17 April 2025

Al Faras الفرس is Arabic for The Horse.

Etymology and History

al-TERM in Adams (2018),[1] pp. xx-xx.

al-TERM per Khalid AlAjaji

al-Faras in Laffitte (2012[2], 2025[3]).

al-faras, The Horse, is an Indigenous Arabian constellation (drawing Laffitte 2012). Names in contemporary catalogs (Ίππος > al-Faras, ap. ms. de St-Pétersbourg)

Reading Variants B19.

  • Ίππος / / al-Faras al-Ṯānī, « le Second Cheval » (Ḥağğāğ)
  • al-Faras, « le Cheval » (Isḥāq, Battānī)
  • al-Faras al-Acẓam, « le Grand Cheval » (Isḥāq, Ṣūfī)
  • al-Faras al-Muğannaḥ, « le Cheval ailé » (Bīrūnī)
  • Buruṭūs ( ?) (Battānī)

Individual Star Names

Arabic

(original)

Arabic transliteration French

(Laffitte 2025)

English Author identified star
Ğanb al-Faras le Flanc du Cheval The Flank of the Horse Battānī α Peg
Kitf al-Faras l’Épaule du Cheval The Shoulder? of the Horse Bīrūnī α Peg
Mankib al-Faras l’Épaule du Cheval The Shoulder? of the Horse Battānī β Peg
Ẓahr al-Faras le Dos du Cheval The Back of the Horse Battānī γ Peg
al-Matan le Paleron The Shoulder Blade Bīrūnī γ Peg
Matan al-Faras le Paleron du Cheval The Shoulder Blade of the Horse Marrākušī γ Peg
Ṭaraf al-Ğanāḥ le Bout de l’Aile the tip? of the wing Bīrūnī γ Peg
Ğanāḥ al-Faras l’Aile du Cheval The Wing of the Horse Battānī γ Peg
Ğanāḥ Aile The Wing Miṣrī γ Peg
Mankib al-Faras l’Épaule du Cheval The Shoulder of the Horse Battānī δ Peg
al-Nayra la Brillante The Bright One Bīrūnī = α And
Surrat al-Faras wa-ḥuwwa l’Ombilic du Cheval The Navel of the Horse Marrākušī = α And
Ğaḥlafat al-Faras la Lippe du Cheval The Lip of the Horse Battānī ε Peg
Fum al-Faras la Gueule du Cheval The Snout of the Horse Marrākušī ε Peg


Names in contemporary catalogs

Arabic

(original)

Arabic transliteration French

(Laffitte 2025)

English Author identified stars
ᶜUnuq al-Faras le Cou du Cheval The Neck of the Horse Marrākušī ζ Peg
Rukbat al-Faras le Genou du Cheval The Knee of the Horse Marrākušī η Peg
Ra’s al-Faras la Tête du Cheval The Head of the Horse Marrākušī θ Peg
al-Kaᶜb al-Ayman la Cheville droite The Right Ankle Bīrūnī ι Peg
Rukbat al-Faras Le Genou du Cheval The Knee of the Horse Miṣrī ι Peg
al-Kaᶜb al-aysar la Cheville gauche The Left Ankle Bīrūnī κ Peg
al-Kaᶜb al-aysar min al-Faras la Cheville gauche du Cheval The Left Ankle of the Horse Marrākušī κ Peg
Ṣadr al-Faras la Poitrine du Cheval The Breast of the Horse Marrākušī λ Peg
al-Rukbat al-aysar le Genou gauche The Left Knee Bīrūnī π Peg

Discussion

IAU Working Group Star Names

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.

  1. ↑ Danielle Adams, Rain Stars Set, Lunar Stations Rise, 2018
  2. ↑ Roland Laffitte, Le ciel des Arabes, 2012
  3. ↑ Roland Laffitte, Nommer les étoile: 500 noms hérités des Arabes - Apport de l'uranographie arabe, Orient des Mots, 2025 (online)
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