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[[File:AnNaqa-Camel Roland2025.jpg|thumb|an-naqa, The She-Camel, is an Indigenous Arabian constellation (Laffitte 2012).]]  | 
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  === '''''al-Nāqa''''' 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>). ===  | 
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|الناقة  | 
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|''al-Nāqa''  | 
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|the She-camel  | 
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|Qutayba  | 
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|''Ra’s al-Nāqa''  | 
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|the Head of the She-camel  | 
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|''ικλ And''  | 
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|''Fum al-Nāqa''  | 
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|the Mouth the She-camel  | 
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|Māğid  | 
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|''ικ And''  | 
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|''Ḥalq al-Nāqa''  | 
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|the Throat the She-camel  | 
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|Māğid  | 
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|''β And ( ?)''  | 
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|''ᶜUnq al-Nāqa''  | 
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|the Neck the She-camel  | 
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|Māğid  | 
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|''ζ Cas''  | 
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|''Naḥr al-Nāqa''  | 
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|the Sloudler Blade ofthe She-camel  | 
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|''Ḏ. hay.''  | 
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|''ζ Cas ( ?)''  | 
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|''Ẓahr al-NāqaAṣl al-Sanām''   | 
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|the Back the She-camel  | 
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the Root of the Hump  | 
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|Ṣūfī  | 
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|''αγδ Cas''  | 
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|''al-Š(a)dād''  | 
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|the Saddle  | 
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|St. Ajaji  | 
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|''βαγδ ε Cas''  | 
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|''Sanām al-Nāqa''  | 
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|the Hump the She-camel  | 
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|''Ṭaraf al-Sanām''  | 
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|the Top of the Hump  | 
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|''Baṭn al-Nāqa''  | 
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|the Billy of the She-camel  | 
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|Māğid  | 
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|''  Kifal al-Nāqa''  | 
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|the Buttock of the She-camel  | 
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|''ε Cas''  | 
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|''Aṣl Ḏanab al-Nāqa''  | 
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|the Root of the Tail of the She-camel  | 
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|''ε Cas''  | 
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|''Sima ᶜalā Faḫiḏ al-Nāqa''  | 
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|the Brand on the Thigh of the She-c.  | 
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|Māğid  | 
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|''χh Per''  | 
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|''Yad al-Nāqa''  | 
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|the Hand of the She-camel  | 
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|Ṣūfī  | 
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|''φυ Per''  | 
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==Discussion==  | 
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Revision as of 12:57, 17 April 2025
الناقة, al-Nāqa or an-naqa, The She-Camel, is an Arabic/ Arabian asterism. 
Etymology and History
al-TERM in Adams (2018),[1] pp. xx-xx.
al-TERM per Khalid AlAjaji
al-Nāqa in Laffitte (2012[2], 2025[3]).
| Arabic | Arabic transliteration | English | author | identified stars | |
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| الناقة | al-Nāqa | the She-camel | Qutayba | figure | |
| Ra’s al-Nāqa | the Head of the She-camel | Ṣūfī, Ast. | ικλ And | ||
| Fum al-Nāqa | the Mouth the She-camel | Māğid | ικ And | ||
| Ḥalq al-Nāqa | the Throat the She-camel | Māğid | β And ( ?) | ||
| ᶜUnq al-Nāqa | the Neck the She-camel | Māğid | ζ Cas | ||
| Naḥr al-Nāqa | the Sloudler Blade ofthe She-camel | Ḏ. hay. | ζ Cas ( ?) | ||
| Ẓahr al-NāqaAṣl al-Sanām | the Back the She-camel
 the Root of the Hump  | 
Ṣūfī | αγδ Cas | ||
| al-Š(a)dād | the Saddle | St. Ajaji | βαγδ ε Cas | ||
| Sanām al-Nāqa | the Hump the She-camel | Ṣūfī | β Cas | ||
| Ṭaraf al-Sanām | the Top of the Hump | Ṣūfī | β Cas | ||
| Baṭn al-Nāqa | the Billy of the She-camel | Māğid | δε Cas | ||
| Kifal al-Nāqa | the Buttock of the She-camel | Ṣūfī | ε Cas | ||
| Aṣl Ḏanab al-Nāqa | the Root of the Tail of the She-camel | Ṣūfī | ε Cas | ||
| Sima ᶜalā Faḫiḏ al-Nāqa | the Brand on the Thigh of the She-c. | Māğid | χh Per | ||
| Yad al-Nāqa | the Hand of the She-camel | Ṣūfī | φυ Per | 
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.




