Ἐσθήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר (ʾestēr), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎼 (a-s-t-r /⁠star-⁠/, “star”), from either Proto-Iranian *Hstā́ or Akkadian Ištar (“Ishtar”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /esˈθir/ → /esˈθir/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /esˈtʰe̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /esˈθir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /esˈθir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /esˈθir/

Proper noun

Ἐσθήρ • (Esthḗr) f (indeclinable)

1. (biblical) Esther
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Esther 2.7:

     καὶ ἦν τούτῳ παῖς θρεπτή, θυγάτηρ Ἀμιναδὰβ ἀδελφοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὄνομα αὐτῇ Ἐσθήρ· ἐν δὲ τῷ μεταλλάξαι αὐτῆς τοὺς γονεῖς ἐπαίδευσεν αὐτὴν ἑαυτῷ εἰς γυναῖκα· καὶ ἦν τὸ κοράσιον καλὸν τῷ εἴδει.

     kaì ên toútōi paîs threptḗ, thugátēr Aminadàb adelphoû patròs autoû, kaì ónoma autêi Esthḗr; en dè tôi metalláxai autês toùs goneîs epaídeusen autḕn heautôi eis gunaîka; kaì ên tò korásion kalòn tôi eídei.

     And he had a foster child, daughter of Aminadab his father’s brother, and her name was Esther; and when her parents were dead, he brought her up for a wife for himself: and the damsel was beautiful.

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: Եսթեր (Estʻer)
  • → Armenian: Եսթեր (Estʻer) (learned)
• → Latin: Esthēr (see there for further descendants)
• → Russian: Есфи́рь (Jesfírʹ), Эсфи́рь (Esfírʹ)