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بست bust
albuzt
– for bust: ‘bust’ (technical term of astrol.) show/hide quotes-
Alcab. diff. IV, li. 299: Et ex hoc albuzt, et est res quam valde observabant Indi
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Alcab. diff. IV, li. 307: Et quidam dicunt quod albuzt sit hoc: quod post coniunctionem sint .xii. hore inequales que vocantur combuste
Yama.: وقال قوم البست هو أن تعدّ بعد الاجتماع اثنتا عشرة ساعة زمانية تسمّى محترقة
- 2 Alcab.
< Arabic al-bust, probably < Sanskrit viṣṭi. Pingree 1976, 176. Kunitzsch 1977, 39, fn. 79. The Latin term is not documented in MLW, DMLBS and LLNMA.
The Arabic term is not documented in Lisān, Freytag, Lane, Dozy and Wehr.