Original Arabic Star Names

Source: Paul Kunitzsch and Tim Smart. A Dictionary of Modern Star Names, a Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Publishing, 2006).

  Stars Original Arabic name
1 Andromeda α, Alpheratz (Sirrah) manikb al-faras (surrat al-faras)
2 Andromeda β, Mirach al-miʾzar
3 Andromeda γ, Almach ʿanāq al-arḍ
4 Andromeda ξ, Adhil al-dhail
5 Aquarius α, Sadalmelik saʿd al-malik
6 Aquarius β, Sadalsuud saʿd al-suʿūd
7 Aquarius γ, Sadachbia saʿd al-akhbiya
8 Aquarius δ, Skat al-sāq
9 Aquarius ε, Albali bāliʿ
10 Aquila α, Altair al-nasr al-ṭāʾir
11 Aquila β, Alshain shāhīn-i tarāzū
12 Aquila γ, Tarazed shāhīn-i tarāzū
13 Aries α, Hamal al-ḥamal
14 Aries β, Sheratan al-sharaṭān
15 Aries δ, Botein al-buṭain
16 Auriga β, Menkalinan mankib dhī’l-ʿinān
17 Boötes β, Nekkar al-baqqār
18 Boötes ε, Izar izār, al-miʾzar
19 Boötes η, Muphrid mufrad
20 Boötes μ, Alkalurops al-qulūrūbus
21 Boötes ε, Izar al-miʾzar
22 Boötes η, Muphrid mufrad
23 Cancer α, Acubens (Sertan) al-zubānā (al-seraṭān)
24 Canis Major β, Mirzam al-mirzam
25 Canis Major γ, Muliphein al-muḥlifān
26 Canis Major δ, Wezen al-wazn
27 Canis Major ε, Adhara al-ʿadhārā
28 Canis Major ζ, Furud al-furūd
29 Canis Major η, Aludra al-ʿudhra
30 Canis Minor β, Gomeisa al-ghumaiṣāʾ
31 Capricornus α, Algedi (Giedi) al-jady
32 Capricornus β, Dabih saʿd al-dhābiḥ
33 Capricornus γ, Nashira Saʿd nāshira
34 Capricornus δ, Deneb Algedi dhanab al-jady
35 Carina α, Suhel suhail
36 Cassipeia α, Shedar al-ṣadr
37 Cassipeia β, Caph al-kaff al-khaḍīb
38 Cassipeia δ, Ruchbah rukbat dhāt al-kursīy
39 Centaurus α, Rigil Kentaurus (Toliman) Rijl qanṭūris (al-zulmān)
40 Centaurus β, Hadar ḥaḍāri
41 Centaurus γ, Muhlifain al-muḥlifān
42 Centaurus ζ, Alnair nayyir badan qanṭūris
43 Centaurus θ, Menkent mankib
44 Cepheus α, Alderamin al-dhirāʿ al-yamīn
45 Cepheus β, Alfirk kaukabā (kawākib) al-firq
46 Cepheus γ, Errai al-rāʿī
47 Cepheus ξ, Kurhah al-qurḥa
48 Cetus α, Menkar al-minkhar
49 Cetus β, Diphda (Deneb Kaitos) al-ḍifdiʿ (dhanab qaṭus)
50 Cetus ζ, Baten Kaitos baṭn qaṭus
51 Columba α, Phact fākhita
52 Columba β, Wazn al-wazn
53 Corona Borealis α, Alphecca al-fakka
54 Corona Borealis β, Nusakan al-nasaqān
55 Corvus α, Alchiba al-khibāʾ
56 Corvus γ, Gienah janāḥ al-ghurāb
57 Corvus δ, Algorab janāḥ al-ghurāb
58 Crater α, Alkes al-kaʾs
59 Cygnus α, Deneb (Arided) dhanab al-dajāja (al-ridf)
60 Cygnus γ, Sadr ṣadr al-dajāja
61 Cygnus ε, Gienah janāḥ
62 Cygnus π, Azelfafage al-sulḥfāt
63 Draco α, Thuban (Adib) raʾs al-tinnīn (al-dhiʾb)
64 Draco β, Rastaban (Alwaid) raʾs al-tinnīn (al-ʿawāʾidh)
65 Draco γ, Eltanin al-tinnīn
66 Draco δ, Altais al-tinnīn
67 Draco ι, Edasich al-dhīkh
68 Draco λ, Giausar jauzahr
69 Draco μ, Alrakis al-rāqiṣ
70 Equuleus α, Kitalpha qiṭʿat al-faras
71 Eridanus α, Achernar ākhir al-nahr
72 Eridanus β, Cursa kursīy al-jauzāʾ al-muqaddam
73 Eridanus γ, Zaurak zauraq
74 Eridanus ζ, Zibal al-riʾāl
75 Eridanus η, Azha udḥīy al-naʿām
76 Eridanus θ, Acamar (Dalim) ākhir al-nahr (al-ẓalīm)
77 Eridanus ο, Beid (keid) al-baiḍ (al-qaiḍ)
78 Gemini γ, Alhena al-hanʿa
79 Gemini δ, Wasat wasaṣ
80 Gemini ε, Mebsuta dhirāʿ al-asad al-mabsūṭa
81 Gemini ζ, Mekbuda dhirāʿ al-asad al-maqbūḍa
82 Gemini μ, Tejat tiḥyāt
83 Grus α, Al Na’ir al-nayyir min dhanab al-ḥūt
84 Hercules α, Rasalgethi raʾs al-jāthī
85 Hercules κ, Marsic al-marfiq
86 Hercules λ, Maasym al-miʿṣam
87 Hydra α, Alphard al-fard
88 Leo β, Denebola dhanab al-asad
89 Leo γ, Algieba al-jabha
90 Leo δ, Duhr ẓahr al-asad
91 Leo ζ, Adhafera al-ḍafīra
92 Leo θ, Chertan al-khurtān
93 Leo λ, Alterf al-ṭarf
94 Leo μ, Rasalas raʾs al-asad
95 Leo ο, Subra al-zubra
96 Lepus α, Arneb al-arnab
97 Lepus β, Nihal al-nihāl
98 Libra α, Zubenelgenubi al-zubānā al-janūbī
99 Libra β, Zubeneshamali al-zubānā al-shamālī
100 Lyra α, Vega al-nasr al-wāqiʿ
101 Lyra β, Sheliak al-salbāq
102 Lyra γ, Sulafat al-sulaḥfāt
103 Ophiuchus α, Rasalhague raʾs al-ḥawwāʾ
104 Ophiuchus β, Cebalrai kalb al-rāʿī
105 Ophiuchus ε, Yed Posterior al-yad
106 Ophiuchus η, Sabik al-sābiq
107 Ophiuchus λ, Marfik al-marfiq
108 Orion α, Betelgeuse yad al-jauzāʾ
109 Orion β, Rigel rijl al-jauzāʾ
110 Orion δ, Mintaka minṭaqat al-jauzāʾ
111 Orion ε, Alnilam al-niẓām
112 Orion ζ, Alnitak niṭāq al-jauzāʾ
113 Orion κ, Saiph saif al-jabbār
114 Orion λ, Meissa (Heka) al-maisān (al-haqʿa)
115 Pegasus α, Markab mankib al-faras
116 Pegasus β, Scheat al-sāq
117 Pegasus γ, Algenib al-janb
118 Pegasus ε, Enif anf
119 Pegasus ζ, Homam saʿd al-humām
120 Pegasus η, Matar saʿd maṭar
121 Pegasus θ, Biham saʿd al-bihām
122 Pegasus μ, Sadalbari saʿd al-bāriʿ
123 Perseus α, Mirfak (Algenib) mirfaq al-thurayyā (al-janb)
124 Perseus β, Algol raʾs al-ghūl
125 Perseus ξ, Menkib mankib al-thurayyā
126 Perseus ο, Atik ʿātiq al-thurayyā
127 Phoenix α, Ankaa (Nair al Zaurak) al-ʿanqāʾ (nayyir al-zauraq)
128 Pisces α, Alrescha al-rishāʾ
129 Piscis Austranus α, Fomalhaut fam al-ḥūt al-janūbī
130 Puppis ρ, Tureis al-turais
131 Sagitta α, Sham al-sahm
132 Sagittarius α, Rukbat (Alrami) rukbat al-rāmī (al-rāmī)
133 Sagittarius β, Arkab ʿurqūb al-rāmī
134 Sagittarius γ, Alnasl (Nushaba) al-naṣl (zujj al-nushshāba)
135 Sagittarius ε, Kaus Australis al-qaus
136 Scorpius β, Acrab al-ʿaqrab
137 Scorpius δ, Dschubba Jabhat al-ʿaqrab
138 Scorpius λ, Shaula al-shaula
139 Scorpius σ, Al Niyat al-niyāṭ
140 Serpens α, Unukalhai ʿunuq al-ḥayya
141 Scorpius θ, Alya alya
142 Taurus α, Aldebaran al-dabarān
143 Taurus β, Elnath al-nṭḥ
144 Taurus ε, Ain ʿain al-thaur
145 Triangulum α, Mothallah al-muthallath
146 Ursa Major α, Dubhe al-dubb
147 Ursa Major β, Merak Marāqq al-dubb al-akbar
148 Ursa Major γ, Phecda fakhidh al-dubb al-akbar
149 Ursa Major δ, Negrez maghriz al-dubb al-akbar
150 Ursa Major ε, Alioth al-jaun
151 Ursa Major ζ, Mizar al-marāqq
152 Ursa Major η, Alkaid (Benetnasch) al-qāʾid (banā naʿsh)
153 Ursa Major ι, Talitha al-qafza al-thālitha
154 Ursa Major μ, Tania Australis al-qafza al-thāniya
155 Ursa Major ξ, Alula Australis al-qafza al-ūlā
156 Ursa Major 80, Alcor al-jaun
157 Ursa Minor α, Alrucaba al-rukba
158 Ursa Minor γ, Pherkad al-farqadān
159 Vega κ, Markeb markab
160 Vega λ, Suhail suhail
161 Virgo α, Azimech al-simāk al-aʿzal
162 Virgo β, Zavijava zāwiyat al-ʿawwāʾ
163 Virgo ε, Almuredin al-mutaqaddim li-l-qaṭṭāf
164 Virgo η, Zaniah zāwiyat al-ʿawwāʾ