PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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قمر ‘Moon’

Arabic

References: PH Morelon: I.6:1, 23:6
Translation of:
Greek: σελήνη [PH Heiberg: I.6:1, 78:9]
Modern translations:
French: lune [PH Morelon: I.6:1, 22:7]
German: Mond [PH Nix: I.6:1, 79:8]