Editing Betelgeuse (section)

== Nomenclature ==
The star's [[Bayer designation|designation]] is ''{{nobr|{{mvar|α}} Orionis}}'' (Latinised to ''Alpha Orionis''), given by [[Johann Bayer]] in 1603.

The traditional name ''Betelgeuse'' was derived from the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{lang|ar|يد الجوزاء}} {{transliteration|ar|Yad al-Jawzā’}} "the hand of ''al-Jawzā’'' [i.e. Orion]".<ref name="ridpath1">{{cite web |url = http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/orion2.html#betelgeuse |last = Ridpath |first = Ian |title = Orion: the meaning of Betelgeuse |access-date =9 September 2021 |work = Star Tales}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Definition of BETELGEUSE |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Betelgeuse |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> An error in the 13th-century reading of the Arabic initial ''[[ي|yā’]]'' ({{lang|ar|يـ}}) as ''[[ب|bā’]]'' ({{lang|ar|بـ}}&mdash;a difference in [[Arabic diacritics#I‘jām (phonetic distinctions of consonants)|i‘jām]]) led to the European name.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Lebling |first=James |title=Arabic in the Sky |url=https://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/201005/arabic.in.the.sky.htm |magazine=Aramco World |date=September–October 2010 |pages=24–33}}</ref> In English, there are four common pronunciations of this name, depending on whether the first ''e'' is pronounced short or long and whether the ''s'' is pronounced {{IPA|/s/}} or {{IPA|/z/}}:<ref name="OED" /><ref name="MWD"/>
* {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɛ|t|əl|dʒ|uː|z}} {{respell|BET|əl|jooz}};
* {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|iː|t|əl|dʒ|uː|z}} {{respell|BEE|təl|jooz}};
* {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɛ|t|əl|dʒ|uː|s}} {{respell|BET|əl|jooss}};
* {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|iː|t|əl|dʒ|uː|s}} {{respell|BEE|təl|jooss}}, [[Beetlejuice|popularized for sounding like "beetle juice"]].

In 2016, the [[International Astronomical Union]] organized a [[IAU Working Group on Star Names|Working Group on Star Names]] (WGSN)<ref name=WGSN>
{{cite web
 | title=IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)
 | publisher=[[International Astronomical Union]] (IAU)
 | url=https://www.iau.org/science/scientific_bodies/working_groups/280/
 | access-date=22 May 2016
}}
</ref> to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin, issued July 2016,<ref name=WGSN1>
{{cite web
 | title=Bulletin of the IAU Working Group on Star Names
 | volume=1
 | publisher=[[International Astronomical Union]] (IAU)
 | url=http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/WGSN_bulletin1.pdf
 | access-date=28 July 2016
 | via=[[University of Rochester]]
}}
</ref> included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN, which included ''Betelgeuse'' for this star. It is now so entered in the [[IAU Working Group on Star Names|IAU Catalog of Star Names]].<ref name=IAU-CSN>
{{cite web
 | title=IAU Catalog of Star Names
 | department=IAU Division&nbsp;C, Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)
 | publisher=[[International Astronomical Union]] (IAU)
 | url=http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
 | access-date=28 July 2016
 | via=[[University of Rochester]]
}}</ref>