Arabic-L:LING:Planet names

[Dilworth Parkinson]

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Date: 07 Oct  2003
From:Jim Rader <jrader at Merriam-Webster.com>
Subject:Planet names

You might try looking in Paul Kunitzsch's _Arabische Sternnamen in
Europa_ (Harrassowitz, 1959).  I haven't had easy access to this book
in years, but it may have something on planet names.  For deciphering
European star names taken from Arabic it was indispensable.

Jim Rader

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Date: 07 Oct  2003
From:Roland Laffitte <laffitte at noos.fr>
Subject:Planet names

Here are the arabic names of planets:

Moon : al-qamar
Jupiter : al-mushtarî
Mars : al-Marîkh
Mercury : ‘atâri  (al-Kâtib au Maghreb)
Saturn : Zahil (al-Muqatil au Maghreb)
Vénus : al-Zuhra

With my best regards

Roland Laffitte
See : www.uranos.com.fr

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