אסתר

See also: אסתּר

Hebrew

Etymology

Said to be borrowed from Old Persian [script needed] (sitareh, “star”), from Proto-Iranian *Hstā́, or Akkadian Ištar (“Ishtar”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /esˈteʁ/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /esˈtejr/, [ˈestejr], [ˈestər]
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /esˈt̪er/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /æsˈteːr/

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Proper noun

אֶסְתֵּר • (estér) f

1. Esther (a book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh)
2. (biblical) Esther (the heroine of the Book of Esther)

   Synonym: מַלְכַּת אֶסְתֵּר (malkát 'estér)

4. a female given name, equivalent to English Esther

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr)
  • → Old Armenian: Եսթեր (Estʻer)
    • → Armenian: Եսթեր (Estʻer) (learned)
  • → Latin: Esthēr (see there for further descendants)
  • → Russian: Есфи́рь (Jesfírʹ), Эсфи́рь (Esfírʹ)
• → Yiddish: אסתּר (ester)