Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

الجَوْزَآءُ

Root: جوز

Full Definition

الجَوْزَآءُ A certain constellation (نَجْمٌ); a certain sign of the Zodiac; [namely, Gemini;] said to cross the جَوْز of the sky; for which reason it is [asserted to be] thus called.
2 Also i. q. الجَبَّارُ [The constellation Orion]: (A and K in art. جبر:) it has three very bright stars disposed obliquely in the midst thereof, called by the Arabs النَّظْمُ, and نِطَاقُ الجَوْزَآءِ, and فَقَارُ الجَوْزَآءِ.


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