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Star Common Name Constellation Full Name Translation/Reference Rolleston Hipparcos Language Identifier
Al Janah Cyg Al Janāḥ the wing

Allen p. 197, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 13
Arabic * eps Cyg
Al Sadr al Dajajah Cyg Al Sadr al Dajājah the breast (of the hen)

Allen p. 197, Olcott p. 170175, Kunitzsch p. 33, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 13, StockmanL.H. & Harper David http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt, https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, Bullinger p. 91
who returns as in a circle Arabic * gam Cyg
Albireo Cyg ab ireo is in no way associated with anything Semitic, but apparently first applied to the star from a misunderstanding as to the words ab ireo in the description of the constellation in the 1515 Almagest. It is Latin for a species of lily.

Allen p. 196, Olcott pp. 17017, 5Kunitzsh p. 32, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html,http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt, Bullinger p.91
flying quickly Arabic * bet Cyg A
Albireo A Cyg ab ireo a typographical error in the Standard Dictionary; a species of lily

Allen p. 196, Olcott pp. 170175, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 13, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.htmlhttp://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt,
Latin, Greek, Arabic * bet Cyg A
Albireo B Cyg ab ireo a typographical error in the Standard Dictionary; a species of lily

Allen p. 197, Olcott pp. 170175, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 13, StockmanL.H. & Harper David http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt, https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html
Latin, Greek, Arabic * bet Cyg B
Aljanah Cyg Al Janāḥ the wing

StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic * eps Cyg
Azelfafage Cyg Al `Azal al Dajājah the tail of the hen

Allen p. 197, Kunitzsch p. 33, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic * pi.01 Cyg
Azelfage Cyg Al `Azal al Dajājah the tail of the hen

A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 13
Arabic * pi.01 Cyg
Deneb Cyg Al Dhanab ad-Dajājah tail of the hen

Allen p. 194, Olcott pp. 170174, Kunitzsch p. 32, http://www.icoproject.org/star.html, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 13, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt, Bullinger p. 91
the lord or judge cometh Arabic * alf Cyg
Fawaris Cyg al-fawāris the riders

StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic * del Cyg
Fawaris 1 Cyg al-fawāris rider 1

A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 13
Arabic * kap Cyg
Fawaris 2 Cyg al-fawaris rider 2

A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 13
Arabic * del Cyg
Fawaris 3 Cyg al-fawāris rider 3

A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 13
Arabic * zet Cyg
Gienah Cyg Al Janāḥ the wing

Allen p. 197, Olcott p. 170, Kunitzsch p. 33, http://www.icoproject.org/star.html
Arabic * eps Cyg
Pectus Gallinae Cyg Pectus Gallinae the chest of the hen

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 Cyg
Ruchbah Cyg Al Rukbah al Dajājah the knee (of the hen)

Allen p. 198
Arabic * ome01 Cyg
Sador Cyg Al Sadr al Dajājah the breast [of the hen]

Allen p. 197
Arabic * gam Cyg
Sadr Cyg Al Sadr al Dajājah the breast of the hen

Allen p. 197, Olcott pp. 170175, Kunitzsch 33
Arabic * gam Cyg
Sadr Cyg As-Sadr the breast

http://www.icoproject.org/star.html
Arabic * gam Cyg
Sadr al Dedjadjet Cyg Sadr al Dedjadjet the wing

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 * eps Cyg