Esther

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(Anglais)

A female given name from Persian.
A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
The heroine of the Book of Esther.

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Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɛstə/

Appartenant à pahlavi

Appartenant à persan

Appartenant à Northern Kurdish

Appartenant à akkadien

Appartenant à hébreu

In summary

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 (sitāra /setâre, “star”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (if so, a distant doublet of star); or else to Akkadian 𒀭𒈹 (Ištar, “Ishtar”) (Hebrew עִשְׁתָּר (ʿištār)).