An-nāqa (الناقة)

الناقة, al-Nāqa or an-naqa, The She-Camel, is an Arabic/ Arabian asterism.

Etymology and History

al-TERM per Khalid AlAjaji

an-naqa, The She-Camel, is an Indigenous Arabian constellation (Laffitte 2012).

al-Nāqa in Laffitte (2012, 2025).

Laffitte's identification is also available on his website.

Arabic	Arabic transliteration	English	author	identified stars
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-Nāqa Aṣl 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

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.