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== <small>Here is an overview on all Persian Star names</small> ==
== <small>Here is an overview on all Persian Star names</small> ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
! No. !! Modern Persian Name فارسی !! Avestan, Pahlavi (Pāzand) and Persian Transcriptions !! Etymological Meaning, when possible !! Commentary
! No. !! Modern Persian Name فارسی !! Avestan, Pahlavi (Pāzand) and Persian Transcriptions !! Etymological Meaning, when possible !! Commentary
|-
|-
| 1 || [[Tishtar (تیشتر)|تیشتر]]||
|10
Pahl. [[Tishtar (تیشتر)|Tishtar]]
|شاهین
|The one connected with  the three stars
|[[Alshain]]
|
|Falcon
|see also [[Tarazed]],
is IAU-name
|-
|-
| 2 ||سَدویس
|7
|[[Sadwēs|Pahl. Sadwēs]]
|بوندا
 
|[[Bunda|Pāz. Bunda]]
|The one with a hundred servants
|henbane
|
|is IAU-name
|-
|-
| 3 ||وَنَند
|9
|[[Wanand|Pahl. Wanand]]
|جوزهر
|The Victorious One
|[[Giausar]]
|
|
|is IAU-name
|-
|-
| 4 ||هَفتورنگ  
|4
|هَفتورنگ
|[[Haftōrang|Pahl. Haftōrang]]
|[[Haftōrang|Pahl. Haftōrang]]
|Seven signs
|Seven signs
|
|
|-
|-
| 5 ||میخگاه  
|12
|کاوه
|[[Kaveh]]
|One of the  heroes of the Shahnameh
|is IAU-name
|-
|5
|میخگاه
|[[MēxGāh|Pahl. MēxGāh]]
|[[MēxGāh|Pahl. MēxGāh]]
| The Pivot of the place / The Pole Star ||
|The Pivot of the place / The Pole Star
|
|-
|-
| 6 ||نخو/ نهن  
|6
|نخو/ نهن
|[[Nahn|Pāz. Nahn]]
|[[Nahn|Pāz. Nahn]]
|"nose"
|"nose"
|beginning  (of Leo)
|beginning  (of Leo),
is IAU-name
|-
|-
| 7 ||بوندا
| 2 ||سَدویس
|[[Bunda|Pāz. Bunda]]
|[[Sadwēs|Pahl. Sadwēs]]
|henbane
 
|
|The one with a hundred servants
|cf. Indian Vedic nakshatra [[Shatabhisha]]
|-
|-
| 8 ||سروش  
| 8 ||سروش  
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|-
|-
| 9 ||جوزهر
| 11 ||ترازو
|[[Giausar]]
|[[Tarazed]]
| {|
| {|the Balance
|see also [[Alshain]],
is IAU-name
|-
|1
|[[Tishtar (تیشتر)|تیشتر]]
|Pahl. [[Tishtar (تیشتر)|Tishtar]]
|The one connected with  the three stars
|
|
|-
|-
|10
|3
|شاهین
|وَنَند
|Alshain
|[[Wanand|Pahl. Wanand]]
|Falcon
|The Victorious One
| rowspan="2" |Both names (with a misreading in the  second word) from abbreviating the Persian asterism name shāhīn-i tarazu,  "the Scale Beam," for a, ẞ, and y Aql. The Persian name, in turn,  was a medieval translation of these stars' indigenus-Arabic name al-mizan,  "the Balance" (said to be a popular name for the ind-Arabs' al-nasr  al-tā ir listed under a Aql). Kunitzsch, Paul;  Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254  Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts:  Sky Pub..
|cf. Indian Vedic nakshatra [[Abhijit]]
|-
|11
|ترازو
|Tarazed
|the Balance
|-
|12
|کاوه
|[[Kaveh]]
|One of the  heroes of the Shahnameh
|
|}
|}


Latest revision as of 15:38, 20 January 2026

Authors: M. Sadegh Faghanpour, Susanne M Hoffmann

Timeline of Iran map

Solar System Names

Traditional Terms Middle Persian English Commentary
مهر Mehr Sun
ماه Māh Moon
هرمزد Ohrmazd Jupiter
وهرام Wahrām Mars
آناهید Anāhīd Venus
تیر Tīr Mercury
کیوان Kēwān Saturn

Here is an overview on all Persian Star names

No. Modern Persian Name فارسی Avestan, Pahlavi (Pāzand) and Persian Transcriptions Etymological Meaning, when possible Commentary
10 شاهین Alshain (شاهین) Falcon see also Tarazed (ترازو),

is IAU-name

7 بوندا Pāz. Bunda henbane is IAU-name
9 جوزهر Giausar (جوزهر) is IAU-name
4 هَفتورنگ Pahl. Haftōrang Seven signs
12 کاوه Kaveh One of the heroes of the Shahnameh is IAU-name
5 میخگاه Pahl. MēxGāh The Pivot of the place / The Pole Star
6 نخو/ نهن Pāz. Nahn "nose" beginning (of Leo),

is IAU-name

2 سَدویس Pahl. Sadwēs The one with a hundred servants cf. Indian Vedic nakshatra Śatabhiṣa (शतभिषक्)
8 سروش Pahl. Sorūsh (سروش)

“obedience”, “discipline.”

11 ترازو Tarazed (ترازو) the Balance see also Alshain (شاهین),

is IAU-name

1 تیشتر Pahl. Tishtar The one connected with the three stars
3 وَنَند Pahl. Wanand The Victorious One cf. Indian Vedic nakshatra Abhijit (अभिजित)
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