Etymology

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Today it means: A red giant, visible as a second-magnitude orange star marking the breast of the figure in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia, a part of the constellation's prominent W asterism, used for celestial navigation. Full definition →

Arabic صَدْر
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromصَدْر“breast, chest”
  2. English todaySchedar

From Arabic صَدْر (ṣadr, “breast, chest”), in reference to its position within Cassiopeia.

Words from the same roots

Arabicصَدْر all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.