Comment on Latin
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Maths with arabic terms and pronounciations :
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fun fact: like half the naked-eye stars have arabic names, if it starts with “al” that’s a dead giveaway, it just means “the”.
E.g. Alkaid is “The leader of the daughters of the bier”
Alpha centauri /s
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
fun fact: like half the naked-eye stars have arabic names, if it starts with “al” that’s a dead giveaway, it just means “the”.
E.g. Alkaid is “The leader of the daughters of the bier”
Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 2 months ago
Alpha centauri /s