Toliman

The IAU catalogue's account

Applied in recent times from some pre-Islamic Arabian name al-zulman, "the Ostriches." Stars in today's Centaurus were variously identified with one or more ostriches by the pre-Islamic Arabians, but what star or stars were originally designated is unknown.

Source language

Arabic

Reference

Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.

Source: IAU Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN), Working Group on Star Names. The account is the IAU's own text and is quoted in full: it is published under CC BY.