Esther

Meaning

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

Synonyms

Book of Esther

Hester

Translations

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Εσθήρ

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أَسْتِير

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أستير

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛstə/

Etymology

Cognate with Pahlavi: 𐭮𐭲𐭫

Cognate with Persian: ستاره

Cognate with Northern Kurdish: estêre

Cognate with Akkadian: Ištar

Cognate with Hebrew: עִשְׁתָּר

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)).