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.

أقصر ما يكون من النهار ‘shortest day’

Arabic

Translation of:
References:	Alm. MS Tunis: 19b.29-20a.1; 20b.10
Greek:	ἐλαχίστη ἡμέρα [Alm. Heiberg: II.2, 91:9; II.3, 94:2; I.5, 18:3]
Synonyms:
أقصر النهار	[Alm. MS Leiden: f. 14v]
النهار الأقصر	[Alm. MS Leiden: f. 15r]
النهار في أقصر قصره	[Alm. MS Tunis: ]
قصار الأيّام	[Alm. MS Leiden: f. 4v]