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Star Common Name Constellation Full Name Translation/Reference Rolleston Hipparcos Language Identifier
ab-sin Vir ab-sin daughter of the moon

British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html
Babylonian * alf Vir
Acimon Vir Al Simak al A`zāl the defenseless, or unarmed

Allen p. 467
Chaldean * alf Vir
Akhahafarn Vir Akhahafarn a point

Allen p. 467
Khorasmian * alf Vir
Al `Awwa` Vir Al `Awwā` the barker

Allen p. 469
Arabic * bet Vir
Al Awwa 1 Vir Al Awwā 1 the first of the barking dogs

Allen p. 469
Arabic * bet Vir
Al Awwa 1 Vir Al Awwā 1 the first of the barking dogs

Allen p. 469
Arabic * bet Vir
Al Awwa 2 Vir Al Awwā 2 the second of the barking dogs

Allen o. 469
Arabic * eta Vir
Al Awwa 3 Vir Al Awwa 3 the third of the barking dogs

Allen p. 469
Arabic * gam Vir
Al Awwa 4 Vir Al Awwā 4 the fourth of the barking dogs

Allen p. 469
Arabic * del Vir
Al Awwa 5 Vir Al Awwā 5 the fifth of the barking dogs

Allen p. 469
Arabic * eps Vir
Al Azal Vir Al Simāk al A`zal the defenseless, or unarmed

Allen p. 46, Bullinger p. 33
the branch Arabic * alf Vir
Al Hulbah Vir Al Ḥulbah the bristle

Allen p. 467
Arabic * alf Vir
Al Mureddin Vir Muḳdim al Ḳitāf those who sent forth

Allen p. 471, Bullinger p. 33
who shall come down, who shall have dominion Arabic * eps Vir
Al Simak al A`zal Vir al-simāk al-a‘zal the defenseless, or unarmed, Simak; i.e., unattended by any nearby star; the other Simak, Arcturus, being armed with a lance, or staff, represented by adjacent stars of Boötes

Allen p. 467, Olcott p. 386, Knobel, E. B. (June 1895), "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 55 (8): 429, Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K, doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Arabic * alf Vir
Al Simak Inermis Vir Al Simak Inermis the unarmed fish

Knobel, E. B. (June 1895), "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 55 (8): 429, Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K, doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Arabic/Latin * alf Vir
Al Zawiah Vir zāwwiyat al-`awwā' the corner of the barking dogs

Allen p. 469
Arabic * bet Vir
Al Zimach Vir Al Simāk al A`zal the defenseless, or unarmed

Bullinger p. 32
the branch Arabic * alf Vir
Al Zimach Vir Al Simak al A`zāl the defenseless, or unarmed

Allen p. 467
Arabic * alf Vir
Alaazel Vir Al Simak al A`zāl the defenseless, or unarmed

Allen p. 467
Nubian * alf Vir
Alacast Vir Alacast those who sent forth

Allen p. 471
Arabic * eps Vir
Alacel Vir Al Simak al A`zāl the defenseless, or unarmed

Allen p. 467
Chaldean * alf Vir
Alaraph Vir Al Simak al A`zāl the defenseless, or unarmed

Allen p. 467
Chaldean * alf Vir
Alaraph Vir Alaraph those who sent forth

Allen p. 471
Arabic (Bayer's Uranometria) * eps Vir
Alazel Vir Al Simak al A`zāl the defenseless, or unarmed

Allen p. 467
Nubian * alf Vir
Alcalst Vir Alcalst those who sent forth

Allen p. 471
Arabic * eps Vir
Algafar 1 Vir Al Ghafar the covering, the tuft of the lion's tail

Allen p. 472, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 20
Arabic * kap Vir
Algafar 2 Vir Al Ghafar the tuft in the lion's tail

Allen, p. 42
Arabic (Al Zajjaj, 863 - 933 AD) * phi Vir
Algafar 3 Vir Al Ghafar the covering, the tuft of the lion's tail

Allen p. 472
Arabic * iot Vir
Alhaiseth Vir Hazimeth Alhacel the defenseless, or unarmed

Allen p. 467
common among alchemists * alf Vir
Almucedie Vir Almucedie those who sent forth

Allen p. 471
Arabic (Bayer's Uranometria) * eps Vir
Almucedis Vir Al Simak al A`zāl the defenseless, or unarmed

Allen p. 467
Chaldean * alf Vir
Alzimon Vir Al Simak al A`zāl the defenseless, or unarmed

Allen p. 467
Nubian * alf Vir
Angulus Latratoris Vir Angulus Latratoris angle of the barking dog

Knobel, E. B. (June 1895), "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 55 (8): 429, Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K, doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Latin * gam Vir
Anser Vir Vulpecula cum Ansere the little fox with the goose

Allen p. 474, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt1
Latin * alf Vul
Antevorta Vir Antevorta as a binary star, two ancient goddesses of prophecy

Allen p. 469
Latin * gam Vir
Apami-Atsa Vir Apami-Atsa the child of the waters

Allen p. 472
Sanskrit (the Surya Siddhanta, 800 AD) * tet Vir
Arich Vir Arich Arich Anpin or Arikh Anpin (Aramaic: meaning "Long Face/Extended Countenance" (also implying "The Infinitely Patient One", called Macroprosopus in the Kabbala Denudata) is an aspect of Divine emanation in Kabbalah, identified with the sephirah attribute of Keter, the Divine Will.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arich_Anpin
Aramaic * gam Vir
Arista Vir Spica an ear of grain

Allen p. 467
Bayer * alf Vir
Arista Puella Vir Spica an ear of grain

Allen p. 467
Latin (Caesius) * alf Vir
Aschimech inermis Vir Al Simak al A`zāl the defenseless, or unarmed

Allen p. 467
Arabic (1515 Almagest * alf Vir
Auva Vir Al-'Awwa' the barking dog

http://www.icoproject.org/star.html
Arabic * del Vir
Azimech Vir Al Simak al A`zāl the defenseless, or unarmed

Allen p. 467
Riccioli * alf Vir
Azimon Vir Al Simak al A`zāl the defenseless, or unarmed

Allen p. 467
Nubian * alf Vir
Chüshe Vir Chüshe the ear of wheat

Allen p. 467
Persian * alf Vir
Citra Vir Citra a lamp or a pearl

Allen p. 467
Hindu * alf Vir
Çparegha Vir Çparegha a point

Allen p. 467
Avesta * alf Vir
Çpur Vir Çpur a point

Allen p. 467
Persian * alf Vir
dingir-ku-a-mes Vir dingir-ku-a-mes

British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html
Babylonian * iot Vir
dingir-ku-a-mes Vir dingir-ku-a-mes

British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html
Babylonian * tau Vir
Eleazalet Vir Al `Azalah the hip bone

Allen p. 467
Nubian * alf Vir
Elgafar Vir Al Ghafar the tuft in the lion's tail

StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic * phi Vir
Eltsamach Vir Al Simak al A`zāl the defenseless, or unarmed

Allen p. 467
Riccioli * alf Vir
Eltsamecti Vir Al Simak al A`zāl the defenseless, or unarmed

Allen p. 467
Riccioli * alf Vir
Flegetonte Vir Φλεγέθων the river of fire in the underworld of Greek mythology, as described in Dante Alighieri's La Divina Commedia

StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Greek HD 102195
front pan of gis-rin Vir front pan of gis-rin

British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html
Babylonian * lam Vir
Hazenethon Vir Huzimethon The 16th century French scholar Scaliger had Hazimeth Alhacel, and the 17th century German astronomer and ephemeris creator Schickard Huzimethon renamed Spica after themselves.

http://www.constellationsofwords.com/stars/Spica.html
the branch invented by Wilhelm Schickard (22 April 1592 – 24 October 1635), a German professor of Hebrew and Astronomy * alf Vir
Hazimeth Alhacel Vir Hazimeth Alhacel the defenseless, or unarmed

Allen p. 467
Scaliger * alf Vir
Heze Vir Heze

BecvárAntoin (1951). Skalnate Pieso Atlas of the Heavens, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 20, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/heze.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Czech (Antonín Becvár, 1951, Skalnate Pleso Atlas of the Heavens) * zet Vir
Huzimethon Vir Hazimeth Alhacel the defenseless, or unarmed

Allen p. 467
Schickard * alf Vir
Inermis Asimec Vir Al Simak al A`zāl the defenseless, or unarmed

Allen p. 467
Chaldean * alf Vir
Kambalia Vir Khambalia crooked claw

Allen p. 472
Coptic * lam Vir
Kang Vir Kàng Xiù the neck

StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Chinese kap Vir
Khoritos Vir Khoritos solitary

Allen p. 467
Coptic * alf Vir
Laouiyet al Aoua Vir Laouiyet al Aoua angle of the barking dog

Knobel, E. B. (June 1895), "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 55 (8): 429, Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K, doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Arabic * gam Vir
l'Epi Vir Spica an ear of grain

Allen p. 466
French * alf Vir
Lich Vir Lich a fictional undead creature known for controlling other undead creatures with magic

Hessman F. V.; Dhillon V. S.; Winget D. E.; Schreiber M. R.; Horne K.; Marsh T. R.; Guenther E.; Schwope A.; Heber U. (2010). "On the naming convention used for multiple star systems and extrasolar planets". arXiv:1012.0707 [astro-ph.SR]., StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
the Planetarium Südtirol Alto Adige in Karneid, Italy PSR B1257+12
Malmok Vir malmok a beach in Aruba

StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Papiamento WASP-39
Malu Bat Vir Malu Bat the death star

Allen p. 473
Fritz Hommel (31 July 1854 - 17 April 1936) * iot Vir
Minelauva Vir al-`awwā' barking (dog)

Hoffleit D.; Warren W. H. (1995). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+ 1991)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: V/50. Originally published in: 1964BS....C......0H. 5050. Bibcode:1995yCat.5050....0H., https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic * del Vir
Monch Vir mönch a prominent peak in the Bernese Alps

StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
German HD 130322
Newton Vir Spica an ear of grain

Allen p. 466
Smyth (1788 - 1865) * alf Vir
Pes Latratoris Vir Pes Latratoris the foot of the barking (dog)

Knobel E. B. (June 1895). "On a Catalogue of Stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55: 435. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * mu. Vir
Porrima Vir Porrima the angle or corner of the barker

Allen p. 469, Olcott p. 387, Kunitzch p. 60, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 20, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/porrima.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic (Kazwini 1203 - 1283) * gam Vir
Postvorta Vir Postvorta as a binary star, two ancient goddesses of prophecy

Allen p. 469
Latin * gam Vir
Prometheus Vir Prometheus a Titan, culture hero, and trickster who is credited with the creation of man from clay, and who defied the gods by stealing fire and giving it to humanity, an act that enabled progress and civilization

We find no indication, outside of Rolleston, that any culture ever named any star Prometheus. He was generally considered a scoundrel in Greek mythology and could never be elevated to a star in Heaven.  This may be the result of confusion with the name Protrygetor for epsilon Virginis.
the deliverer or branch who cometh Greek * eps Vir
Prorsa Vir Prorsa as a binary star, two ancient goddesses of prophecy

Allen p. 469
Latin * gam Vir
Prosa Vir Prosa as a binary star, two ancient goddesses of prophecy

Allen p. 469
Latin * gam Vir
Protrigetrix Vir Protrigetrix grape gatherer

Allen, p. 471
Latin (Riccioli, 1598 - 1671, Italy) * eps Vir
Protrygetor Vir Protrygetor fruit-plucking herald

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsilon_Virginis#Nomenclature
Greek (Ptolemy, Putarch and other Greek authors) * eps Vir
Provindemia Major Vir Provindemia Major grape gatherer

Allen p. 471
Latin (Vivitrius 1st Century BC) * eps Vir
Provindemiator Vir Provindemiator grape gatherer

Allen p. 471
Latin (Vivitrius 1st Century BC) * eps Vir
Rigilawwa Vir Rijl al `Awwā' foot of the barker

Allen p. 473, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 20, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/rijlalawwa.html
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * mu. Vir
Rijil al Aoua Vir Rijl al `Awwā' the foot of the barking (dog)

Knobel E. B. (June 1895). "On a Catalogue of Stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55: 435. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * mu. Vir
Salkim Vir Salkim the ear of wheat

Allen p. 467
Turkish * alf Vir
Saq al Asad Vir Sāḳ al Asad shin bone of the lion

Allen p. 467
Arabic (Kazwini) * alf Vir
Secunda Latratoris Vir Secunda Latratoris the second barker (dog)

Knobel, E. B. (June 1895), "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 55 (8): 429, Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K, doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Latin (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * eta Vir
Sembalet Eleandri Vir Sunbulah Al 'Adhrā` Spica and Virgo

Allen p. 467
Arabic * alf Vir
Shaghar Vir Shaghar a point

Allen p. 467
Sogdian * alf Vir
Shibböleth Vir Shebbeltā the ear of wheat

Allen p. 467
Syrian * alf Vir
Sir'u Vir mulAB.SIN The Furrow, dSala [Goddess of war; a symbol of Sala was a barley stalk], the ear of corn; daughter of the Moon

Thompson, Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page11-8.html
Akkadian/Sumerian * alf Vir
Sombalet Vir Sunbalah an ear of grain

Allen p. 467
Arabic * alf Vir
Spica Vir Spica an ear of grain

Allen p. 466, Olcott pp. 380386, Kunitzsch p. 59, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 20, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/spica.html, Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt, Bullinger p. 32
an ear of corn (barley) Latin * alf Vir
Spica Virginis Vir Spica Virginis the virgin's ear of [wheat] grain

https://www.conservapedia.com/Spica
Latin * alf Vir
Spicum Vir Spica an ear of grain

Allen p. 466
Latin (Cicero) * alf Vir
Spigha Vir Spica an ear of grain

Allen p. 466
Italian * alf Vir
Stachya Vir Spica an ear of grain

Allen p. 466
Latin * alf Vir
Subilah Vir Sunbulah Singing Sibyl of Greek mythology, according to Thomas Hyde, orientalist, 1636 - 1703

Allen p. 467, Bullinger p. 33
who carries Arabic (Giovanni Battista Riccioli, 1598 - 1671) * alf Vir
Subilon Vir Sunbulah Singing Sibyl of Greek mythology, according to Thomas Hyde, orientalist, 1636 - 1703

Allen p. 467, Bullinger p. 33
the spike or ear of [barley] corn Arabic (Giovanni Battista Riccioli, 1598 - 1671) * alf Vir
Subliah Vir Sunbulah Singing Sibyl of Greek mythology, according to Thomas Hyde, orientalist, 1636 - 1703

Allen p. 467
who carries Arabic (Giovanni Battista Riccioli, 1598 - 1671) * alf Vir
Sumbalet Vir Sunbulah Singing Sibyl of Greek mythology, according to Thomas Hyde, orientalist, 1636 - 1703

Allen p. 467
Arabic (Giovanni Battista Riccioli, 1598 - 1671) * alf Vir
Sumbalet Vir Sunbalah an ear of grain

Allen p. 467
Arabic * alf Vir
Sumbela Vir Spica or Virgo an ear of grain

Allen p. 467
Latin * alf Vir
Sunbala Vir Spica or Virgo an ear of grain

Allen p. 467
Latin * alf Vir
Sunbale Vir Spica or Virgo an ear of grain

Allen p. 467
Latin * alf Vir
Syrma Vir Syrma train of the virgin's robe

Allen p. 472, Olcott p. 380, Kunitzsch p. 61, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/syrma.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Greek * iot Vir
Thanih al Aoua Vir Thanih al Aoua the second barker

Knobel E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * eta Vir
the virgin's spike Vir Spica an ear of grain

Allen p. 466
English (Flamsteed) * alf Vir
Tsemech Vir Al Simāk al A'zal the defenseless, or unarmed

Allen p. 467, Bullinger p. 31
the branch Hebrew * alf Vir
Vindemiator Vir Vindemiator grape gatherer

Allen p. 470
Latin (Columella 1st Century AD) * eps Vir
Vindemiatrix Vir Vindemiatrix grape gatherer

Allen p. 470, Olcott pp. 380388, Kunitzsch p. 60, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 20, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/vindemiatrix.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Latin (the Alfonine Tables) * eps Vir
Vindemitor Vir Vindemitor grape gatherer

Allen p. 471
Latin (Ovid and Pliny, 1st Century AD) * eps Vir
Wasat al Ghafr Vir Wasat al Ghafr the middle of the covering

Knobel E. B. (June 1895). "On a Catalogue of Stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55: 435. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Arabic * kap Vir
Zaniah Vir zāwiyat al-`awwa' the angle

Allen p. 471, Olcott p. 380, Kunitzsch p. 61, http://www.icoproject.org/star.html, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 20, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/zaniah.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic * eta Vir
Zaniah Vir Al Zawiah the angle of the barkers

http://icoproject.org/star.html
Arabic * eps Vir
Zarijan Vir zāwwiyat al-`awwā' the kennel of the barking dogs; first usage of "Zavijaveh" is Guiseppe Piazzi (1746 - 1826)

Allen, p. 469
Arabic (the Standard Dictionary) * bet Vir
Zavijava Vir zāwwiyat al-`awwā' corner; i.e. kennel, of the barking dogs, including beta, eta, gamma. delta and epsilon Virginis; gamma actually marks the corner

Allen p. 469, Olcott p. 380, Kunitzsch p. 60, http://www.icoproject.org/star.html, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 20, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/zavijava.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt, Bullinger p. 33
Arabic (Piazzi 1746 - 1826) * bet Vir
Zavijaveh Vir zāwwiyat al-`awwā' corner; i.e. kennel, of the barking dogs, including beta, eta, gamma. Delta and epsilon Virginis

Bullinger p. 33
the gloriously beautiful Arabic * bet Vir
Zawiat al `Awwa` Vir Zāwiat al `Awwā` corner of the barker

Allen p. 470
Arabic * gam Vir
Zerah Vir Zerah "dawning, shining" in Hebrew; this is the name of a son of Judah and the twin of Perez in the Old Testament

https://www.behindthename.com/name/zerah
Hebrew * alf Vir