Alkaid

The story

1. Arabic · derived fromالقَائِدُ لبَنَاتِ النَعْش“the leader of the girls at the bier”
2. English todayAlkaid

From Arabic القَائِدُ لبَنَاتِ النَعْش (“the leader of the girls at the bier”), from قَائِد (qāʔid, “leader”) + بَنَات (banāt) plural of بِنْت (bint, “girl”) + نَعْش (naʕš, “bier”). With reference to the mourners at the funeral of Calypso (who became the Great Bear). Doublet of alcaide and caid.