PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

_ (the underscore) is the placeholder for exactly one character.
% (the percent sign) is the placeholder for no, one or more than one character.
%% (two percent signs) is the placeholder for no, one or more than one character, but not for blank space (so that a search ends at word boundaries).

At the beginning and at the end, these placeholders are superfluous.

ثابت على حال واحدة‘eternal’

Arabic

References: PH Morelon: I.1:2, 15:8
Translation of:
Arabic: ἀίδιος [Alm. Heiberg: I.1, 6:9. – PH Heiberg: I.1:2, 70:8]
Synonyms:
الأبديّة الدائمة [Alm. MS Leiden: I.1:12, f. 2v:35]
باقي علي حالة واحدة[Plan. Hyp.: II.1]
دائم[Plan. Hyp.: II.2]
ما لا يفسد[Alm. MS Tunis: I.1:12, f. 2r:7]
ἀίδιος[Alm. Heiberg: I.1, 6:9. – PH Heiberg: I.1:2, 70:8]