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Star Common Name Constellation Full Name Translation/Reference Rolleston Language Identifier
Ahfa al Farkadain UMi

ahfa al-farqadayn

dimmer one of the two calves (ibexes)



Allen, p. 460

Arabic * zet UMi
Akfa Farkadain UMi Ahfa al Farkadain dim one of the two calves

Allen, p. 460
Arabic * zet UMi
Al Gedi UMi Al Jadi the young billy goat

Allen, p. 457
the kid Arabic * alf UMi
Al Kaid UMi Kaid Banat al Na`ash governor of the daughters of the bier (coffin); i.e., chief mourner; assembled for the funeral

Allen, p. 441
the assembled Arabic * eta UMi
Al Pherkadain UMi Na'ir al Farkadain the bright one of the two calves

Allen, p. 459
the calves Arabic * bet UMi
Al Pherkadain UMi Ahfa al Farkadain the dim one of the two calves

Allen, p. 459
the calves, the redeemed assembly Arabic * gam UMi
Al-Judeyy UMi Al-Judeyy of the Jews

Schjellerup, Hans (1874). Description des Etoiles fixes. p. 45.
pre-Islamic Arabic * alf UMi
al-kawkab UMi al-kawkab the star

Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-931559-44-7.
Arabic * bet UMi
al-kawkab UMi

Kochab

the star



Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-931559-44-7.

Hebrew * bet UMi
al-kawkab UMi kokhav star

Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-931559-44-7.
Hebrew * bet UMi
Alrucaba UMi Alrucaba something to ride; a vehicle

Allen, pp. 457, 450
the turned or ridden on Arabic (Alfonsine Tables, 1521, Spain) * alf UMi
Alruccabah UMi Alruccabah seu (Latin for "or") Ruccabah Ismaelitis the knee (of the Phoenician bear)

Allen, pp. 457, 450
Bayer's Uranometria * alf UMi
Anwar al Farkadain UMi brighter of the two calves (ibexes)

Allen, p. 460
Arabic * eta UMi
Cynosura UMi Cynosura the dog's tail

Allen, p. 457
the center of the constellations, Mazzaroth; high in rising Greek * alf UMi
Dhruva UMi Dhruva immovable, fixed, the name of a god

Allen, p. 456
Hindu * alf UMi
Gildun UMi Yildun [pole] star

Allen, p. 460
Turkish * del UMi
Kochab UMi Al Kutb al Shamaliyy the axle of the north

Allen, p. 457
him who cometh Arabic * alf UMi
Kochab UMi Al Kutb the axle of the north

Allen, p. 458
waiting him who cometh Hebrew * bet UMi
Kochah UMi Kochab star

Allen, p. 458
Elijah Hinsdate Burritt, 1833 * bet UMi
Kokab UMi

Al-Kaukab

the star



http://www.icoproject.org/star.html

Arabic * bet UMi
Lodestar UMi Lodestar guiding star

Allen, p. 455
English, Spenser, then Shakespeare * alf UMi
Mismar UMi

Mismar

needle or nail



Allen, p. 457

Arabic * alf UMi
Pherkad UMi Al-Farqad The calf (ibex)

http://www.icoproject.org/star.html
Arabic * gam UMi
Pherkad Major UMi Al-Farqad greater calf (ibex)

Allen, p. 459
Arabic * gam UMi
Pherkad Minor UMi Al-Farqad lesser calf (ibex)

Allen, p. 459
Arabic * 11 UMi
Pherkard UMi Al-Farqad lesser calf (ibex)

Allen, p. 459
Arabic * 11 UMi
Phoenice UMi Phoenice an ancient Greek city in Epirus

Allen, p. 453
Greek * alf UMi
Polaris UMi Polaris pole (star)

Allen, p. 453
the pole star Latin * alf UMi
Pole Star UMi Pole Star pole star

Allen, p. 453
English * alf UMi
scip-steorra UMi

scip-steorra

ship star



Allen, p. 454

Old English * alf UMi
Star of Arcady UMi Star of Arcady Arcadia was the earthly home of Arcas in Greek mythology.

Allen, p. 456
Greek * alf UMi
Stella Maris UMi

Stella Maris

star of the sea



Allen, p. 454

Latin * alf UMi
stella polaris UMi

stella polaris

pole star



Allen, p. 453

Latin * alf UMi
Tatrit tan Tamasna UMi

Tatrit tan Tamasna

star of the desert (for navigation)



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaris#Names

Tuareg Berber language * alf UMi
Tramontana UMi Tramontana a cold north wind blowing in Italy

Allen, p. 454
Latin * alf UMi
Vildiur UMi

Vildiur

star



Allen, p. 460

Turkish * del UMi
Yildun UMi Yildun star par excellence

Allen, p. 460
Turkish * del UMi
Yilduz UMi Yilduz star par excellence

Allen, p. 457
Turkish * alf UMi