Aldebaran and the legacy of Arabic star namesSubmitted by AstronomicVerse t3_10oa3xl in space
AstronomicVerse OP t1_j6j0q3l wrote
Reply to comment by Other-Weakness-9177 in Aldebaran and the legacy of Arabic star names by AstronomicVerse
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 :)
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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