This is the list of the proper names for the stars in the constellation Lepus. (Used in modern Western astronomy and uranography only).
List star proper name etymon α Lep Arneb Arabic β Lep Nihal Arabic ε Lep Ping Chinese ζ Lep Darlugal Sumerian μ Lep Bade Balinese
Etymologies
α Lep Arneb, Elarneb: ＜ (ar) arnab, "hare" ＜ (scientific Arabic)See Kunitzsch & Smart (2006) p.4. al-Arnab, "the Hare", for the whole constellation. Arsh: ＜ (ar) ‘arsh, throne ＜ (indigenous Arabic)See Kunitzsch & Smart (2006) p.4. ‘Arsh al-Jawzā', "the Throne of Jawzā'", for α, β, γ, δ Lep.
β Lep Nihal: ＜ (ar) nihāl, "quenching their thirst" ＜ (indigenous Arabic) 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
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