Esther

English

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Etymology

    Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eHs-#ESTHERCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ESTHERCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Iranian#ESTHERCategory:English terms derived from Biblical Hebrew#ESTHERCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#ESTHERCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian#ESTHERCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Semitic#ESTHERCategory:English terms derived from Akkadian#ESTHERCategory:English terms derived from Old Persian#ESTHERCategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#ESTHER

    From Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#ESTHER Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr), from Biblical HebrewCategory:English terms derived from Biblical Hebrew#ESTHER אֶסְתֵּר (ʾestēr). Has been connected to Old PersianCategory:English terms derived from Old Persian#ESTHER 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-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ESTHER *h₂stḗr (if so, a distant doublet of starCategory:English doublets#ESTHER); or else to Akkadian 𒀭𒈹 (Ištar, “Ishtar”) (Hebrew עִשְׁתָּר (ʿištār)).

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    EstherCategory:English lemmas#ESTHERCategory:English proper nouns#ESTHERCategory:English uncountable nouns#ESTHERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ESTHERCategory:Pages with entries#ESTHERCategory:Pages with 10 entries#ESTHER

    Category:en:Books of the Bible
    2. A female given name from PersianCategory:English given names#ESTHERCategory:English female given names#ESTHERCategory:English female given names from Persian#ESTHER.
    4. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
    6. (biblicalCategory:en:Biblical characters#ESTHER) The heroine of the Book of Esther.

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    Danish

    Proper noun

    EstherCategory:Danish lemmas#ESTHERCategory:Danish proper nouns#ESTHERCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#ESTHERCategory:Pages with entries#ESTHERCategory:Pages with 10 entries#ESTHER

    1. a female given nameCategory:Danish given names#ESTHERCategory:Danish female given names#ESTHER, a popular spelling variant of Ester

    Dutch

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    Etymology

    Ultimately from Ancient GreekCategory:Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek#ESTHER Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr), from Biblical HebrewCategory:Dutch terms derived from Biblical Hebrew#ESTHER אֶסְתֵּר.

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Esther fCategory:Dutch lemmas#ESTHERCategory:Dutch proper nouns#ESTHERCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#ESTHERCategory:Dutch feminine nouns#ESTHERCategory:Pages with entries#ESTHERCategory:Pages with 10 entries#ESTHER

    1. (biblicalCategory:nl:Bible#ESTHER) the Book of Esther
    2. (biblicalCategory:nl:Biblical characters#ESTHER) Esther, the main character of the Book of Esther
    3. a female given nameCategory:Dutch given names#ESTHERCategory:Dutch female given names#ESTHER

    French

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Esther fCategory:French lemmas#ESTHERCategory:French proper nouns#ESTHERCategory:French uncountable nouns#ESTHERCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#ESTHERCategory:French feminine nouns#ESTHERCategory:Pages with entries#ESTHERCategory:Pages with 10 entries#ESTHER

    1. Category:fr:Biblical characters#ESTHER(Biblical characters) Esther
    2. Category:fr:Books of the Bible#ESTHER(Books of the Bible) the book of Esther
    3. a female given name, equivalent to English EstherCategory:French given names#ESTHERCategory:French female given names#ESTHER

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    German

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    Proper noun

    EstherCategory:German lemmas#ESTHERCategory:German proper nouns#ESTHERCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#ESTHERCategory:Pages with entries#ESTHERCategory:Pages with 10 entries#ESTHER

    1. Esther (biblical character)
    2. the book of Esther
    3. a female given name, a popular spelling variant of EsterCategory:German given names#ESTHERCategory:German female given names#ESTHER
    Category:de:Biblical characters#ESTHERCategory:de:Books of the Bible#ESTHERCategory:de:Individuals#ESTHER

    Latin

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    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-
    Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstā́
    Proto-Iranian *Hstā́bor.?
    Proto-Semitic *ʕaṯtar-
    Akkadian Ištarbor.?
    Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎼 (a-s-t-r)bor.
    Biblical Hebrew אֶסְתֵּרlbor.
    Ancient Greek Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr)lbor.
    Latin Esther
      Category:Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian#ESTHERCategory:Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek#ESTHERCategory:Latin learned borrowings from Ancient Greek#ESTHER%7CESTHERCategory:Latin terms derived from Old Persian#ESTHERCategory:Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek#ESTHER%7CESTHERCategory:Latin terms derived from Proto-Iranian#ESTHERCategory:Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eHs-#ESTHERCategory:Latin terms derived from Akkadian#ESTHERCategory:Latin terms derived from Biblical Hebrew#ESTHERCategory:Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek#ESTHER%7CESTHERCategory:Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ESTHERCategory:Latin terms derived from Proto-Semitic#ESTHERCategory:Pages with etymology trees#ESTHERCategory:Latin entries with etymology trees#ESTHERCategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#ESTHER

      From Biblical HebrewCategory:Latin terms derived from Biblical Hebrew#ESTHER אֶסְתֵּר (ʾestēr) (possibly via Ancient GreekCategory:Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek#ESTHERCategory:Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek#ESTHER Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr)), from Old PersianCategory:Latin terms derived from Old Persian#ESTHER 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎼 (a-s-t-r /⁠star-⁠/, “star”) or from עִשְׁתָּר (ʿištār, “Ishtar”). Compare Middle Persian [script needed]Category:Requests for native script for Middle Persian terms#ESTHER (stl /⁠star⁠/, “star”), [script needed]Category:Requests for native script for Middle Persian terms#ESTHER (stʾlk' /⁠stārag⁠/, “star”), Modern Persian ستاره (setâre, “star”).

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      Proper noun

      Esthēr f (indeclinable)Category:Latin lemmas#ESTHERCategory:Latin proper nouns#ESTHERCategory:Latin indeclinable nouns#ESTHERCategory:Latin feminine indeclinable nouns#ESTHERCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#ESTHERCategory:Latin feminine nouns#ESTHERCategory:Pages with entries#ESTHERCategory:Pages with 10 entries#ESTHER or Esther f sg (genitive Esthēris)Category:Latin lemmas#ESTHERCategory:Latin proper nouns#ESTHERCategory:Latin third declension nouns#ESTHERCategory:Latin feminine nouns in the third declension#ESTHERCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#ESTHERCategory:Latin feminine nouns#ESTHERCategory:Pages with entries#ESTHERCategory:Pages with 10 entries#ESTHER; third declension

      1. Esther

      Declension

      Indeclinable noun or third-declension noun, singular only.

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      Further reading

      Category:la:Biblical characters#ESTHERCategory:la:Books of the Bible#ESTHER

      Norwegian

      Proper noun

      EstherCategory:Norwegian lemmas#ESTHERCategory:Norwegian proper nouns#ESTHERCategory:Norwegian entries with incorrect language header#ESTHERCategory:Pages with entries#ESTHERCategory:Pages with 10 entries#ESTHER

      1. a female given nameCategory:Norwegian given names#ESTHERCategory:Norwegian female given names#ESTHER, a less common spelling of Ester

      Portuguese

      Proper noun

      Esther fCategory:Portuguese lemmas#ESTHERCategory:Portuguese proper nouns#ESTHERCategory:Portuguese uncountable proper nouns#ESTHERCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#ESTHERCategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#ESTHERCategory:Pages with entries#ESTHERCategory:Pages with 10 entries#ESTHER

      1. a female given name, variant of EsterCategory:Portuguese given names#ESTHERCategory:Portuguese female given names#ESTHER

      Spanish

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      Proper noun

      Esther fCategory:Spanish lemmas#ESTHERCategory:Spanish proper nouns#ESTHERCategory:Spanish terms spelled with TH#ESTHERCategory:Spanish uncountable proper nouns#ESTHERCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ESTHERCategory:Spanish feminine nouns#ESTHERCategory:Pages with entries#ESTHERCategory:Pages with 10 entries#ESTHER

      1. Esther
      2. a female given name, equivalent to English EstherCategory:Spanish given names#ESTHERCategory:Spanish female given names#ESTHER

      Proper noun

      Esther mCategory:Spanish lemmas#ESTHERCategory:Spanish proper nouns#ESTHERCategory:Spanish terms spelled with TH#ESTHERCategory:Spanish uncountable proper nouns#ESTHERCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ESTHERCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#ESTHERCategory:Pages with entries#ESTHERCategory:Pages with 10 entries#ESTHER

      1. the book of Esther
      Category:es:Biblical characters#ESTHERCategory:es:Books of the Bible#ESTHER

      Welsh

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      Proper noun

      Esther f (not mutable)Category:Welsh lemmas#ESTERCategory:Welsh proper nouns#ESTERCategory:Welsh non-mutable terms#ESTERCategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#ESTERCategory:Welsh feminine nouns#ESTERCategory:Pages with entries#ESTHERCategory:Pages with 10 entries#ESTHER

      1. a female given name from Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר, equivalent to English EstherCategory:Welsh given names#ESTERCategory:Welsh female given names#ESTERCategory:Welsh female given names from Hebrew#ESTER
      2. (biblicalCategory:cy:Bible#ESTER) character in the eponymous book
      3. (biblicalCategory:cy:Bible#ESTER) The Book of Esther

      Coordinate terms

      Category:Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations Category:Danish female given names Category:Danish given names Category:Danish lemmas Category:Danish proper nouns Category:Dutch female given names Category:Dutch feminine nouns Category:Dutch given names Category:Dutch lemmas Category:Dutch proper nouns Category:Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek Category:Dutch terms derived from Biblical Hebrew Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation Category:English 2-syllable words Category:English doublets Category:English female given names Category:English female given names from Persian Category:English given names Category:English lemmas Category:English proper nouns Category:English terms derived from Akkadian Category:English terms derived from Ancient Greek Category:English terms derived from Biblical Hebrew Category:English terms derived from Old Persian Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian Category:English terms derived from Proto-Iranian Category:English terms derived from Proto-Semitic Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eHs- Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation Category:English terms with audio pronunciation Category:English terms with homophones Category:English terms with quotations Category:English uncountable nouns Category:Entries with translation boxes Category:French 2-syllable words Category:French female given names Category:French feminine nouns Category:French given names Category:French lemmas Category:French proper nouns Category:French terms with IPA pronunciation Category:French uncountable nouns Category:German female given names Category:German given names Category:German lemmas Category:German proper nouns Category:German terms with audio pronunciation Category:Latin 2-syllable words Category:Latin entries with etymology trees Category:Latin feminine indeclinable nouns Category:Latin feminine nouns Category:Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Category:Latin indeclinable nouns Category:Latin learned borrowings from Ancient Greek Category:Latin lemmas Category:Latin proper nouns Category:Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek Category:Latin terms derived from Akkadian Category:Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek Category:Latin terms derived from Biblical Hebrew Category:Latin terms derived from Old Persian Category:Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European Category:Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian Category:Latin terms derived from Proto-Iranian Category:Latin terms derived from Proto-Semitic Category:Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eHs- Category:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Latin third declension nouns Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Category:Norwegian female given names Category:Norwegian given names Category:Norwegian lemmas Category:Norwegian proper nouns Category:Pages using etymon with no ID Category:Pages with 10 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Pages with etymology trees Category:Portuguese female given names Category:Portuguese feminine nouns Category:Portuguese given names Category:Portuguese lemmas Category:Portuguese proper nouns Category:Portuguese uncountable proper nouns Category:Requests for native script for Middle Persian terms Category:Requests for translations into Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Category:Rhymes:English/ɛstə(ɹ) Category:Rhymes:English/ɛstə(ɹ)/2 syllables Category:Rhymes:Spanish/eɾ Category:Rhymes:Spanish/eɾ/2 syllables Category:Russian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Category:Spanish 2-syllable words Category:Spanish female given names Category:Spanish feminine nouns Category:Spanish given names Category:Spanish lemmas Category:Spanish masculine nouns Category:Spanish proper nouns Category:Spanish terms spelled with TH Category:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Spanish uncountable proper nouns Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations Category:Terms with Arabic translations Category:Terms with Armenian translations Category:Terms with Asturian translations Category:Terms with Basque translations Category:Terms with Bengali translations Category:Terms with Breton translations Category:Terms with Cantonese translations Category:Terms with Catalan translations Category:Terms with Cebuano translations Category:Terms with Corsican translations Category:Terms with Czech translations Category:Terms with Danish translations Category:Terms with Dutch translations Category:Terms with Eastern Min translations Category:Terms with Estonian translations Category:Terms with Faroese translations Category:Terms with Finnish translations Category:Terms with French translations Category:Terms with Georgian translations Category:Terms with German translations Category:Terms with Greek 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translations Category:Terms with Manx translations Category:Terms with Maore Comorian translations Category:Terms with Mirandese translations Category:Terms with Māori translations Category:Terms with Neapolitan translations Category:Terms with Norwegian translations Category:Terms with Old Church Slavonic translations Category:Terms with Persian translations Category:Terms with Polish translations Category:Terms with Portuguese translations Category:Terms with Romanian translations Category:Terms with Russian translations Category:Terms with Santali translations Category:Terms with Scots translations Category:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations Category:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Category:Terms with Slovak translations Category:Terms with Slovene translations Category:Terms with Spanish translations Category:Terms with Swahili translations Category:Terms with Swedish translations Category:Terms with Tagalog translations Category:Terms with Tamil translations Category:Terms with Tumbuka translations Category:Terms with Waray-Waray translations Category:Terms with Welsh translations Category:Terms with West Frisian translations Category:Terms with Yiddish translations Category:Terms with Zealandic translations Category:Welsh female given names Category:Welsh female given names from Hebrew Category:Welsh feminine nouns Category:Welsh given names Category:Welsh lemmas Category:Welsh non-mutable terms Category:Welsh proper nouns Category:Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Category:cy:Bible Category:cy:Books of the Bible Category:de:Biblical characters Category:de:Books of the Bible Category:de:Individuals Category:en:Biblical characters Category:en:Books of the Bible Category:es:Biblical characters Category:es:Books of the Bible Category:fr:Biblical characters Category:fr:Books of the Bible Category:la:Biblical characters Category:la:Books of the Bible Category:nl:Bible 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