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===Names in other languages=== * In [[Indian astronomy]] it is identified as the [[lunar station]] Rohini. In [[Hindu mythology]], [[Rohini (goddess)|Rohini]] is one of the twenty-seven daughters of the sage-king [[Daksha]] and [[Asikni (goddess)|Asikni]], and the favourite wife of the moon god, [[Chandra]]. * In [[Persia]] it was known as Tascheter.<ref name=allen/> * In [[Ancient Greek]] it has been called {{lang|el|Λαμπαδίας}} {{Transliteration|el|Lampadias}}, literally {{gloss|torch-like}} or {{gloss|torch-bearer}}.<ref name=lsj/> * In [[Chinese astronomy|Chinese]], {{lang|zh|畢宿}} ({{lang|zh-Latn|Bì Xiù}}), meaning [[Net (Chinese constellation)|{{gloss|Net}}]], refers to an [[Asterism (astronomy)|asterism]] consisting of Aldebaran, [[Epsilon Tauri|ε Tauri]], [[Delta3 Tauri|δ<sup>3</sup> Tauri]], [[Delta1 Tauri|δ<sup>1</sup> Tauri]], [[Gamma Tauri|γ Tauri]], [[71 Tauri]] and [[Lambda Tauri|λ Tauri]].<ref name=zh/> Consequently, the [[Chinese star names|Chinese name]] for Aldebaran itself is {{lang|zh|畢宿五}} ({{lang|zh-Latn|Bì Xiù wǔ}}), {{gloss|the Fifth Star of Net}}.<ref name=lcsd/> * In [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]], the star is named ''Kapuahi''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Villegas |first1=Marissa |title=Welcoming Kapuahi, Hawaiian Airlines' first Boeing 787 Dreamliner |url=https://newsroom.hawaiianairlines.com/blog/welcoming-kapuahi-hawaiian-airlines-first-boeing-787-dreamliner |website=Hawaiian Airlines |access-date=16 April 2024 |date=23 February 2024}}</ref> * In [[Biblical Hebrew]], עָשׁ (''ʿāš)'' in [[Job 9|Job 9:9]] and עַ֫יִשׁ (''ʿayiš'') in [[Job 38|Job 38:32]] have been identified with it and translated accordingly in English versions such as [[New Jewish Publication Society of America Tanakh|NJPS]] and [[Revised English Bible|REB]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Seow |first=C. L. |title=Job 1-21: interpretation and commentary |date=2013 |publisher=William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company |isbn=978-0-8028-4895-6 |series=Illuminations |location=Grand Rapids, Michigan Cambridge, U.K |pages=559}}</ref>
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