Etymology

Aldebaran

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Today it means: One of the brightest stars in the sky, now recognised to be a binary star in the constellation Taurus (alpha (α) Tauri); an orange giant, 68 light years from Earth. Full definition →

Arabic اَلدَّبَرَان
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromاَلدَّبَرَان“the follower”
  2. English todayAldebaran

From Arabic اَلدَّبَرَان (ad-dabarān, “the follower”), named so because it follows the Pleiades.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 14th c. One of the brightest stars in the sky, now recognised to be a binary star in the constellation Taurus (alpha (α) Tauri); an orange giant, 68 light years from Earth.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.