Etymograph

English

Menkalinan

Menkalinan comes from Arabic مَنْكِب ذِي الْعِنَان ‘shoulder of the rein-holder’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentمَنْكِب ذِي الْعِنَانmankib ḏī l-ʕinān‘shoulder of the rein-holder’
  2. EnglishtodayMenkalinan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentمَنْكِب ذِي الْعِنَانmankib ḏī l-ʕinān‘shoulder of the rein-holder’
  2. EnglishtodayMenkalinan

The story

Shortened form of Arabic مَنْكِب ذِي الْعِنَان (mankib ḏī l-ʕinān, “shoulder of the rein-holder”).

Today it means

name A traditional name of the star Beta Aurigae.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic مَنْكِب ذِي الْعِنَان / Menkalinan