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- Arabic · derived fromاَلنَّسْر اَلطَّائِر“the flying eagle”
- English todayAltair
From the Arabic اَلنَّسْر اَلطَّائِر (an-nasr aṭ-ṭāʔir, “the flying eagle”), from نَسْر (nasr, “eagle”) + طَائِر (ṭāʔir, “flying”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.