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Other-Weakness-9177 t1_j6i9x2h wrote

Reply to comment by Rao_Tzu in Aldebaran and the legacy of Arabic star names by AstronomicVerse

Sounds like Rijal, or ree-JUHL. I think that means Man or Youth.

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AstronomicVerse OP t1_j6j0q3l wrote

Nope, they're right. Rigel is a transliteration of 'rijl' which means foot of Orion. Similarly, Betelguese comes from 'yad al-jawza', meaning hand of Orion, but got transliterated a few times incorrectly resulting in Betelguese :)

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Nex_Tyme t1_j6jio1s wrote

Really hard for me to do the pronunciation gymnastics to get to beetlegeuse from there. I believe you but the transformation is interesting.

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