Sirius in Arabic
اَلشِّعْرَى aš-šiʕrā
UK/ˈsɪɹi.əs/
Sirius in Arabic: اَلشِّعْرَى (aš-šiʕrā), الشِّعْرَى الْيَمَانِيَّة (aš-šiʕrā l-yamāniyya). In English, Sirius means a telescopic binary star, visually the brightest star in the night sky, a part of the northern constellation of Canis Major (the Greater Dog), one of three stars in the Winter Triangle asterism. Long understood as a single extremely luminous white star, it was associated in ancient Egypt with the Nile flood and in Greek and Roman culture with the "dog days" of summer.
Arabic words for Sirius
- Translations
- اَلشِّعْرَى aš-šiʕrā, الشِّعْرَى الْيَمَانِيَّة aš-šiʕrā l-yamāniyya
English meaning of Sirius
- proper noun A telescopic binary star, visually the brightest star in the night sky, a part of the northern constellation of Canis Major (the Greater Dog), one of three stars in the Winter Triangle asterism. Long understood as a single extremely luminous white star, it was associated in ancient Egypt with the Nile flood and in Greek and Roman culture with the "dog days" of summer.
- proper noun The brightest star of the aforementioned star system; the white main-sequence star Sirius A.
Synonyms of Sirius
- Alpha Canis Majoris
- Blazing Star
- Canicula
- Shira
- Sopdet
- Sothis
- the Dog Star
- α Canis Majoris
- α CMa
- α Canis Majoris A
Sirius in other languages
Questions about Sirius in Arabic
- What is the meaning of Sirius in Arabic?
- Sirius in Arabic is اَلشِّعْرَى (aš-šiʕrā), الشِّعْرَى الْيَمَانِيَّة (aš-šiʕrā l-yamāniyya).
- ما معنى كلمة Sirius؟
- Sirius: اَلشِّعْرَى (aš-šiʕrā), الشِّعْرَى الْيَمَانِيَّة (aš-šiʕrā l-yamāniyya).
- What does Sirius mean in English?
- Sirius means a telescopic binary star, visually the brightest star in the night sky, a part of the northern constellation of Canis Major (the Greater Dog), one of three stars in the Winter Triangle asterism. Long understood as a single extremely luminous white star, it was associated in ancient Egypt with the Nile flood and in Greek and Roman culture with the "dog days" of summer.
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