Stars with Arabic Names
Rigel
رِجْلُ الجَوْزاء
rijl al-jawzāʾ
The Arabic name follows Ptolemy's 'bright star in the left foot'. Only the first word, rijl, 'foot', survives in English.
- Meaning in Arabic
- the foot of al-Jawzāʾ
- Constellation
- Orion
- Where to see it
- the blue star at Orion's foot
The path between languagesrijl → Rigel
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