Talk:Gamma Arietis

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[edit] Sanskrit?!

Mesarthim doesn't look like Sanskrit to me; I'd be amazed if the meaning "first star in Aries" could be packed into three syllables in such a language. Richard Hinckley Allen Star-Names and Their Meanings (1899) says it "has been connected with the Hebrew Məshãrətĩm, Ministers, but the connection is not apparent; and Ideler considered the word an erroneous deduction by Bayer from the name of the lunar station of which this and β were members," but I can't find anything in Allen about the latter. —Tamfang (talk) 19:49, 17 March 2008 (UTC)