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echiguen
إكيوان ikyuwān
n. (vocalization uncertain) ʾkywān – Pisces (astr.: sign of the zodiac) show/hide quotes-
Ptol. Almag. no. XXXIII: Stellatio echiguen et eius expositio est duo pisces et est pisces
Kuni.: كوكبة اكيوان وتفسيره السمكتان وهو الحوت
- 1 s.v. ikṯuwās Ptol. Almag.
The Arabic term is not documented in Lisān, Freytag, Lane, Dozy and Wehr.
< Arabic ikṯuwās < Greek Ἰχθύες. Kunitzsch 1990. The Latin term is not documented in MLW, DMLBS and LLNMA.