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=== '''''al-Faras''''' in Adams (2018),<ref>Danielle Adams, ''Rain Stars Set, Lunar Stations Rise'', 2018</ref> pp. xx-xx. === |
=== '''''al-Faras''''' in Adams (2018),<ref>Danielle Adams, ''Rain Stars Set, Lunar Stations Rise'', 2018</ref> pp. xx-xx. === |
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| ⚫ | Adams interprets the term الفرس, al-Faras, in al-Qutayba<ref>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.</ref> as a constellation that differs from the (later) Arabic translations of the Greek term and identifies a smaller figure northwest of the ''Ίππος'' (The Horse in [[Pegasus]]). |
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=== '''''al-Faras''''' per Khalid AlAjaji === |
=== '''''al-Faras''''' per Khalid AlAjaji === |
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=== '''''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>). === |
=== '''''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>). === |
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[[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)]] |
Laffitte collated all Arabic translations from the Greek. The original constellation in Greek was named The Horse (''Ίππος)'', and only some of the cases are interpreted with wings ([[Pegasus]]).[[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)]] |
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Reading Variants '''B19.''' |
Reading Variants '''B19.''' |
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* ''Ίππος /'' / ''al-Faras al-Ṯānī'', « le Second Cheval » (Ḥağğāğ) |
* ''Ίππος /'' / ''al-Faras al-Ṯānī'', « le Second Cheval » (Ḥağğāğ) |
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* ''al-Faras'', « le Cheval » (Isḥāq, Battānī) |
* ''al-Faras'', « le Cheval » (Isḥāq, Battānī) |
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* ''al-Faras al-A<sup>c</sup>ẓam'', « le Grand Cheval » (Isḥāq, Ṣūfī) |
* ''al-Faras al-A<sup>c</sup>ẓam'', « le Grand Cheval » (Isḥāq, Ṣūfī<ref>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.</ref>) |
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* ''al-Faras al-Muğannaḥ,'' « le Cheval ailé » (Bīrūnī) |
* ''al-Faras al-Muğannaḥ,'' « le Cheval ailé » (Bīrūnī) |
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* ''Buruṭūs ( ?)'' (Battānī) |
* ''Buruṭūs ( ?)'' (Battānī) |
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== Reference == |
== Reference == |
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Kunitzsch, Paul. 1961. ''Untersuchungen zur Sternnomenklatur der Araber.'' Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz. |
Kunitzsch, Paul. 1961. ''Untersuchungen zur Sternnomenklatur der Araber.'' Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz. |
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Revision as of 13:47, 17 April 2025
Al Faras الفرس is Arabic for The Horse.
Etymology and History
al-Faras in Adams (2018),[1] pp. xx-xx.
Adams interprets the term الفرس, al-Faras, in al-Qutayba[2] as a constellation that differs from the (later) Arabic translations of the Greek term and identifies a smaller figure northwest of the Ίππος (The Horse in Pegasus).
al-Faras per Khalid AlAjaji
al-Faras in Laffitte (2012[3], 2025[4]).
Laffitte collated all Arabic translations from the Greek. The original constellation in Greek was named The Horse (Ίππος), and only some of the cases are interpreted with wings (Pegasus).
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[5])
- 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
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.
- ↑ Danielle Adams, Rain Stars Set, Lunar Stations Rise, 2018
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Roland Laffitte, Le ciel des Arabes, 2012
- ↑ Roland Laffitte, Nommer les étoile: 500 noms hérités des Arabes - Apport de l'uranographie arabe, Orient des Mots, 2025 (online)
- ↑ 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.
