Esther

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr), from Biblical Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר‎ (ʾestēr). Has been connected to Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎼 (star-, “star”) — Middle Persian stl (star, “star”), stʾlk' (stārag, “star”), Persian ستاره‎ (setâre, “star”), Kurdish: "estêre" — and עִשְׁתָּר‎ (ʿištār, “Ishtar”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĕsʹtə, IPA^(key): /ˈɛstə/
• (US) enPR: ĕsʹtər, IPA^(key): /ˈɛstɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛstə(r)
• Homophone: ester

Proper noun

Esther

1. A female given name.
2. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
3. The heroine of the Book of Esther.
   • 1611, Bible (King James Version), 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.

Anagrams

• Ehrets, Hester, ethers, there's, theres, threes

Proper noun

Esther

1. A female given name, a popular spelling variant of Ester.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Esther

1. A female given name. Less common variants include Hester and very rarely Ester.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.tɛʁ/

Proper noun

Esther

1. Esther
2. the book of Esther
3. A female given name.

Anagrams

• hêtres

Alternative forms

• Ester

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Esther

1. Esther (biblical character)
2. the book of Esther
3. A female given name, a popular spelling variant of Ester.

Alternative forms

• Hester

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר‎ (ʾestēr) (possibly via Ancient Greek Ancient Greek Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr)), from Old Persian [script needed] (star-, “star”) or from עִשְׁתָּר‎ (ʿištār, “Ishtar”). Compare Middle Persian stl (star, “star”), stʾlk' (stārag, “star”), Modern Persian ستاره‎ (setâre, “star”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈes.tʰeːr/, [ˈɛs.tʰeːr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈes.ter/

Proper noun

Esthēr f (indeclinable)

1. Esther

Further reading

• Liber Esther on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la
• Liber Esther on the Latin Wikisource.Wikisource ^la

Proper noun

Esther

1. A female given name, a less common spelling of Ester.

Proper noun

Esther f

1. A female given name, a spelling variant of Ester

Proper noun

Esther (m)

1. Esther
2. the book of Esther
3. A female given name.