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- Arabic · derived fromمَرْكَب الفَرَس“the saddle of the horse”
- English todayMarkab
From Arabic مَرْكَب الفَرَس (markab al-faras, “the saddle of the horse”), from مَرْكَب (markab).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Markab
Today it means: A subgiant, visible as a second-magnitude bluish star in the northern constellation of Pegasus, one of four stars in the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus, one of the lunar stars observed in navigation. Full definition →
Arabic مَرْكَب الفَرَس