Stars with Arabic Names
Aldebaran
الدَّبَران
al-dabarān
The Arabs called it the follower because it rises after the Pleiades and seems to follow them across the sky. The name kept its Arabic article, al-.
- Meaning in Arabic
- the follower
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Where to see it
- the red eye of Taurus
The path between languagesal-dabarān → Aldebaran
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