英和和英

語源

Either:^[1]

• From Arabic الذَّيْل‎ الدَّجَاجَة‎ (aḏ-ḏayl ad-dajāja, “the tail of the hen”). Cygnus is known in Arabic as الدَّجَاجَة‎ (ad-dajāja, “the hen”).
• From Arabic الظِّلْف‎ الْفَرَس‎‎ (aẓ-ẓilf al-faras, “the hoof of the horse”), in reference to Pegasus, or to another “Stallion” constellation known to medieval Arabs.^[2] In the modern conception of constellations, Pegasus does not extend this far, but its hooves do border another part of Cygnus.

固有名詞

Azelfafage

1. (astronomy) The first component of Pi¹ Cygni, a binary star in the northern constellation of Cygnus.

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