Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. astronomy : An orange giant and the brightest star in the constellation Aries; alpha (α) Arietis.
Etymologies
- Arabic راس حمل (rās al-ħamal, "head of the sheep") (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Hamal is now a local news editor at The Miami Herald, and had a long career at the Miami Times.”
“The star was called Hamal by the Arabs, signifying a sheep, and the animal is represented as looking backwards.”
“-- The star α in Aries, known as Hamal, and sometimes as”
“The Hamal is a creature which gets up very early in the morning, before anyone is out of bed, and opens the doors and windows with as much noise as may be.”
“To locate Lambda, look a finger-width west-southwest of Hamal, at Alpha Arietis.”
Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast – November 27-29, 2009 | Universe Today
“But the youth, when he had delivered Mahdiyah from Al – Hamal whom he slew, was smitten by the shaft of her glances and fell into the nets of her allurements, wherefore his heart could not forget her and he became drowned in love and longing and the sweets of sleep forsook him and he had no joy of drink or meat.”
““Al – Hamal bin Májid attacked us with five hundred horsemen of his tribe.””
“So far concerning them; but as regards Sahim al-Layl, who had been wounded in the fight with Al-Hamal, he went in to his sister Mahdiyah, and she rose to him and kissed his hands, saying,”
“Al – Hamal had seized the camp and all therein and had carried off the maidens, among whom was Mahdiyah, driving her away with the captives.”
““Yes,” Hamal stammered, “but we shipped the water for the Sunni faithful too.””
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