Etymograph

English

Siwarha

Siwarha comes from Arabic سِوَارهَا, and goes back to يَد الجَوْزَاء.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentيَد الجَوْزَاءliterally ‘hand of Jawzāʾ’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentسِوَارهَاliterally ‘her bracelet’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2025Siwarha

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentيَد الجَوْزَاءliterally ‘hand of Jawzāʾ’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentسِوَارهَاliterally ‘her bracelet’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2025Siwarha

Earliest quotation: 2025, –July, The Probable Direct-imaging Detection of the Stellar Compani: “The name Betelgeuse means “Hand of the Giant,” with…”

The story

Borrowed from Arabic سِوَارهَا (siwārhā, literally “her bracelet”), so named because Betelgeuse derives from Arabic يَد الجَوْزَاء (yad al-jawzāʔ, literally “hand of Jawzāʾ”); جَوْزَاء f (jawzāʔ, “Jawzāʾ”) is a female figure in Arabian legend.

Every English word from Arabic يَد الجَوْزَاء

Today it means

name The companion protostar in orbit around Betelgeuse.

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

Etymograph / Arabic يَد الجَوْزَاء / Siwarha

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