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Star Common Name Constellation Full Name Translation/Reference Rolleston Language Identifier
AL Cair Aql

al-nesr al-Ta’ir

Gtotius mispronounced "Al Tair" as "Al Cair".



Allen, p. 59

the piercing Arabic * alf Aql
Al Nesr Al Tair Aql

al-nesr al-Ta’ir

"al tair" translates to "the swooping"; "al nesr" is an Arabian desert vulture; Arabian lore of millennia earlier had this enormous black bird swooping down to carry off human corpses; it is now extinct but museums have skeletal remains of a bird that large



Allen, p. 59

Arabic * alf Aql
Al Shain Aql Alshain from the Persian name for the entire constellation, Shahin, the peregrine falcon

Allen, p. 60
the bright, from a Hebrew root meaning scarlet colored Arabic 98036
Al Tair Aql Al Nasr al Tair

"al tair" translates to "the swooping"; "al nesr" is an Arabian desert vulture; Arabian lore of millennia earlier had this enormous black bird swooping down to carry off human corpses; it is now extinct but museums have skeletal remains of a bird that large



Allen, p. 59

the wounding Arabic * alf Aql
Al Thalimain 1 Aql al-thalimain the two ostriches

Allen, p. 61
Arabic 93805
Al Thalimain 2 Aql ath-thalimain the two ostriches

Allen, p. 61
Arabic 96468
Almizan Occidental Aql Al Mizan III western arm of the scale beam

Allen, p. 61
Jim Kaler 95501
Alschain Aql aš-šahin the (peregrine) falcon

Allen, p. 60
Perso-Arabic 98036
Alschairn Aql aš-šahin the (peregrine) falcon

Allen, p. 60
Perso-Arabic 98036
Alshain Aql aš-šahin the (peregrine) falcon

Allen, p. 60
Perso-Arabic 98036
Altair Aql al-nesr al-?a’ir

"al tair" translates to "the swooping"; "al nesr" is an Arabian desert vulture; Arabian lore of millennia earlier had this enormous black bird swooping down to carry off human corpses; it is now extinct but museums have skeletal remains of a bird that large



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair#Nomenclature

the wounding Arabic 97649
Altair Aql At-Ta'ir

"al tair" translates to "the swooping"; "al nesr" is an Arabian desert vulture; Arabian lore of millennia earlier had this enormous black bird swooping down to carry off human corpses; it is now extinct but museums have skeletal remains of a bird that large



http://www.icoproject.org/star.html

Arabic 97649
Atair Aql Al Nasr al Tair

"al tair" translates to "the swooping"; "al nesr" is an Arabian desert vulture; Arabian lore of millennia earlier had this enormous black bird swooping down to carry off human corpses; it is now extinct but museums have skeletal remains of a bird that large



Allen, p. 57

Arabic * alf Aql
Australior Humerus Vulturis Aql mankib al-nasr al-janúbii

the southern shoulder of the Arabian desert vulture



Knobel, E. B. (June 1895), "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 55: 429, Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K, doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429

Latin (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) 95501
Cauda (Vulturis) Volantis Aql Deneb el Okab

tail of the Arabian desert vulture



Knobel, E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429–438. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429.

Latin (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) 93747
Collum Corvi Aql Collum Corvi the crow's neck

Knobel, E. B. (June 1895), "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 55: 429, Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K, doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Latin 98036
Deneb Aql Al Dhanab al `Okab tail of the black eagle (vulture)

Allen, p. 61
the lord or judge cometh Arabic * eps Aql
Deneb el Okab Aql Al Dhanab al `Okab tail of the black eagle (vulture)

Allen, p. 61
Arabic * eps Aql
Deneb el Okab Aql Al Dhanab al `Okab tail of the black eagle (vulture); Zeta and Epsilon Aquilae together bore the traditional name Deneb el Okab

Allen, p. 61
Arabic 93747
Deneb Okab Aql Al Dhanab al `Okab tail of the black eagle (vulture)

Allen, p. 61
Arabic 93747
Denebokab Australis Aql Al Dhanab al `Okab al Janubiyy

the southern tail of the black eagle



Allen, p. 61

Arabic & Latin 93747
Denebokab Borealis Aql Al Dhanab al `Okab al Shamaliyy the northern tail of the black eagle

Allen, p. 61
Arabic & Latin * eps Aql
Dhanb al Okab Aql Al Dhanab al `Okab tail of the black eagle (vulture)

Allen, p. 61
Arabic * eps Aql
Djenubi Menkib al Nesr Aql mankib al-nasr al-janúbii the southern shoulder of the eagle

Knobel, E. B. (June 1895), "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 55: 429, Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K, doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) 95501
Dzeneb al Tair Aql Al Dhanab al `Okab tail of the flying eagle

Allen, p. 61
Arabic 93747
Humerus Vulturis Aql mankib al-nasr the eagle's shoulder

Knobel, E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55: 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429.
Latin (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * gam Aql
Libertas Aql Libertas liberty

https://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau1514/
a student club at Hosei University of Tokyo in 2015 97938
Menkib al Nesr Aql mankib al-nasr shoulder of the vulture

Knobel, E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55: 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429.
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * gam Aql
Okab Aql Al Dhanab al `Okab tail of the eagle

Allen, p. 61
Arabic 93747
Reda Aql šahin tarazu the beam of the scale

https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html
Persian * gam Aql
Secunda Capitis Vulturis Aql Secunda Capitis Vulturis second star of the eagle's head

Knobel, E. B. (June 1895), "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 55 (8): 429, Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K, doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Latin (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * tet Aql
Tarared Aql šahin tarazu the beam of the scale

Allen, p. 60
wounded or torn Persian * gam Aql
Tarazed Aql šahin tarazu the beam of the scale

Allen, p. 60
wounded Persian 97278
Thanih Ras al Akab Aql Thanih Ras al Akab second star of the eagle's head

Knobel, E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * tet Aql
Unuk al Ghyrab Aql Unuk al Ghyrab neck of the crow

Knobel, E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) 98036
Vulture Volans Aql Vulture Volans the flying eagle

Knobel, E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Latin (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * alf Aql