Al·tair 
(ăl-tīr, -târ, ăltīr′, -târ′)
(ăl-tīr, -târ, ăltīr′, -târ′)n.
A very bright, variable binary star in the constellation Aquila, approximately 15.7 light years from Earth. Altair is one of the stars that make up the Summer Triangle.
[Arabic (an-nasr) aṭ-ṭā'ir, the flying (eagle) : al-, the + ṭā'ir, flying, active participle of ṭāra, to fly; see ṭyr in the Appendix of Semitic roots.]