List of star names in Lepus explained

This is the list of the proper names for the stars in the constellation Lepus. (Used in modern Western astronomy and uranography only).

List

	proper name	etymon
α Lep	Arneb	Arabic
	Arsh	Arabic
β Lep	Nihal	Arabic

Etymologies

• Arneb, Elarneb:

＜ (ar) arnab, "hare" ＜ (sci.-ar)^[1] al-Arnab, "the Hare", for the whole constellation.

• Arsh:

＜ (ar) ‘arsh, throne ＜ (ind.-ar)^[2] ‘Arsh al-Jawzā', "the Throne of Jawzā'", for α, β, γ, δ Lep.

• Nihal:

＜ (ar) nihāl, "quenching their thirst" ＜ (ind.-ar) al-Nihāl, "(the Camels) Beginning to Quench Their Thirst", for α, β, γ, δ Lep.

See also

• List of stars in Lepus
• List of star names

References

• Book: Allen , Richard Hinckley . Richard Hinckley Allen

. Richard Hinckley Allen . 1963 . . rep. . Dover Publications Inc. . . 0-486-21079-0 . Allen.

• Book: Kunitzsch , Paul . Smart . Tim . 2006 . A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations . 2nd rev. . . . 978-1-931559-44-7 . KS.

Notes and References

1. sci.-ar ＝ scientific Arabic. See Kunitzsch & Smart (2006) p.4.
2. ind.-ar ＝ indigenous Arabic. See ibid.