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Altair
Altair · α Aquilae · Aquila
names 3languages 3 Altair α AqlHIP 97649mag 0.76
In the classical tradition this is श्रवण Śravaṇa, attested in 7 texts.
The names
vernacular 1 · borrowed 2
| Name | Language | Meaning | Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| श्रवुन् shrawun | Kashmiri Kashmir valley | The twenty-second of the twenty-seven lunar mansions. | borrowed |
| തിരുവോണം / ഓണം tiruvōṇam / ōṇam | Malayalam Kerala (Malabar, Cochin, Travancore) | തിരു- 'sacred' + ഓണം (< Skt. śrāvaṇa) Names the national festival of Kerala: Gundert, 'the national feast on new moon of Sept. lasting 10 days, when Paraśurāma is still said to visit Kēraḷa'. | borrowed |
| نسر nasru'ṭ-ṭāʼir (nasr-i-ṭāʼir) | Urdu Urdu, from Arabic | 'the flying eagle' The source of English 'Altair'. Paired with nasru'l-wāqiʻ (Vega) as a dual, nasrain. | vernacular |
Sources
- Sir George Abraham Grierson, A Dictionary of the Kashmiri Language, compiled partly from materials left by the late Pandit Isvara Kaula (Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1916-1932), s.v. shrawun, p. 896 link
- Gundert, A Malayalam and English Dictionary (1872), s.v. തിരുന്പുക tirumpuka, p. 459 (sub-entry തിരുവോണം); and s.v. ഓണം ōṇam, p. 184 link
- John T. Platts, A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi and English (London, 1884), s.v. nasr, p. 1138 link