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دوشيزة dūšīza
darosthal
– for dūšīza: ‘dūšīza’, virgin (Persian name of the constellation Virgo) show/hide quotes-
Albu. Intro. JS 224, 431: Et ascendit in prima facie illius Puella quam vocamus Celchius Darosthal
Lemay 380, 264: ويطلع في الوجه الأوَّل منها جارية يُسمَّيها تينكلوس دوستيه [var.: دوشيزه]
- 1 Albu. Intro. JS
< Arabic < Persian dōšīzah. EIr s.v. ‘constellations’. The Latin term is not documented in MLW, DMLBS and LLNMA.
Lemay 1995, vol. III, 446–447. The Arabic term is not documented in Lisān, Freytag, Lane, Dozy and Wehr.