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Aldebarán

Aldebaran, the brightest star in Taurusla estrella más brillante de Tauro

Comes from Arabic

الدَّبَرَان

ad-dabarān

“the follower (of the Pleiades)”«el que sigue (a las Pléyades)»

Arabic today says

الدَّبَرَان

ad-dabarān

And it still does

Root

د ب ر

d-b-r

The article

Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.

The story

Many stars keep their Arabic names: Aldebaran, Altair (aṭ-ṭāʾir, "the flyer"), Rigel (rijl, "foot"). Here European spelling kept Al- even though the d assimilates the article.Muchas estrellas conservan su nombre árabe: Aldebarán, Altair (aṭ-ṭāʾir, el que vuela), Rigel (rijl, pie). Aquí la escritura europea mantuvo Al- aunque la d asimila el artículo.

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