Esther
English
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr), from Biblical Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר (ʾestēr). Has been connected to Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎼 (a-s-t-r /star-/, “star”) (whence Middle Persian 𐭮𐭲𐭫 (stl /star/, “star”), 𐭮𐭲𐭠𐭫𐭪 (stʾlk /stārag/, “star”), Persian ستاره (setâre, “star”), Northern Kurdish estêre), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (if so, a distant doublet of star); or else to Akkadian 𒀭𒈹 (Ištar, “Ishtar”) (Hebrew עִשְׁתָּר (ʿištār)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĕsʹtə, IPA(key): /ˈɛstə/
- (General American) enPR: ĕsʹtər, IPA(key): /ˈɛstɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)
- Homophone: ester
Proper noun
Esther
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Esther on Wikipedia.Wikipedia |
- A female given name from Persian.
- A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
- The heroine of the Book of Esther.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Esther 2:7:
- And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father or mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful.
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Danish
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr), from Biblical Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛs.tər/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Es‧ther
Proper noun
Esther f
- (biblical) the Book of Esther
- (biblical) Esther, the main character of the Book of Esther
- a female given name
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛs.tɛʁ/
Proper noun
Esther f
- (Biblical characters) Esther
- (Books of the Bible) the book of Esther
- a female given name, equivalent to English Esther
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German
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Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Esther
- Esther (biblical character)
- the book of Esther
- a female given name, a popular spelling variant of Ester
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר (ʾestēr) (possibly via Ancient Greek Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr)), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎼 (a-s-t-r /star-/, “star”) or from עִשְׁתָּר (ʿištār, “Ishtar”). Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (stl /star/, “star”), [script needed] (stʾlk' /stārag/, “star”), Modern Persian ستاره (setâre, “star”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈes.tʰeːr/, [ˈɛs̠t̪ʰeːr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈes.ter/, [ˈɛst̪er]
Declension
Indeclinable noun or third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Esthēr Esther |
Genitive | Esthēr Esthēris |
Dative | Esthēr Esthērī |
Accusative | Esthēr Esthērem |
Ablative | Esthēr Esthēre |
Vocative | Esthēr Esther |
Further reading
- Liber Esther on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
- Liber Esther on the Latin Wikisource.Wikisource la
Norwegian
Portuguese
Spanish
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈteɾ/ [esˈt̪eɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: Es‧ther
Proper noun
Esther m
- the book of Esther