The story
- Arabic · borrowed fromفرقد“calf”
- English todayPherkad
From Arabic فرقد (farqad, “calf”), from aḫfa al farkadayn ("the dim one of the two calves") in reference to Pherkad and Kochab, previously dual North Stars. Formally approved by the International Astronomical Union's Working Group on Star Names on 21 August 2016.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.