An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Several → meteor showers that have their → radiants in the constellation → Aquarius. The main showers are:
1) Eta Aquarids, which occurs early in May and is apparently associated with → Halley's comet, and
2) Delta Aquarids occurring in early August.

Aquarids, from → Aquarius constellation + → -ids suffix denoting "descendant of, belonging to the family of."

Âbkašiyân, from Âbkaš + -iyân, → -ids.

Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.

L. aridus, from arere "to be dry, i.e. burnt up"; compare with Gk. azaleos "dry," PIE *as- "to burn, glow".

Kamâb, from Mod.P. kam "little, few, deficient, scarce" + âb "water".

A measure of the degree to which a climate lacks effective moisture.

Aridity, noun from → arid.

Kamâbi, noun from amâbi, → arid.