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 |