Esther

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr), from Biblical Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר (ʾestēr). Has been connected to Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎼 (star-, “star”) (whence Middle Persian 𐭮𐭲𐭫 (stl /⁠star⁠/, “star”), 𐭮𐭲𐭠𐭫𐭪 (stʾlk' /⁠stārag⁠/, “star”), Persian ستاره (setâre, “star”), Kurdish, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr; or else to Akkadian 𒀭𒈹 (^dIštar, “Ishtar”) (Hebrew עִשְׁתָּר (ʿištār)).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĕsʹtə, IPA^(key): /ˈɛstə/
• enPR: ĕsʹtər, IPA^(key): /ˈɛstɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛstə(r)
• Homophone: ester

Proper noun

Esther

Book of Esther on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Esther on Wikisource.Wikisource Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

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.
   • Template:RQ:Authorized Version:

     And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father or mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful.

Derived terms

• Estherville

Related terms

• Essie, Hester, Hettie, Hetty
• Vanessa

Translations

female given name

• Afrikaans: Ester (af)
• Arabic: أَسْتِير f (ʔastīr)
• Armenian: Եսթեր (Estʻer)
• Basque: Ester (eu)
• Breton: Ester (br) f
• Catalan: Ester (ca) f
• Cebuano: Ester
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 艾丝特 (Àisītè)

  Min Dong: 以士帖 (Ī-sê̤ṳ-táik)

• Corsican: Ester (co)
• Czech: Ester (cs) f
• Danish: Esther
• Dutch: Esther (nl) f
• Estonian: Ester (et)
• Finnish: Esteri (fi)
• French: Esther (fr)
• German: Esther (de) f
• Greek: Εσθήρ (el) f (Esthír)

  Ancient: Ἐσθήρ f (Esthḗr)

• Greenlandic: Eersta
• Hawaiian: ʻEkekela
• Hebrew: אֶסְתֵּר (he) ('estér)
• Hungarian: Eszter (hu)
• Icelandic: Ester (is) f
• Ido: Ester (io) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: Ester (it)
• Japanese: エステル (ja) (Esuteru)
• Latin: Esther (la) f
• Latvian: Estere (lv) f
• Limburgish: Ester (li)
• Lithuanian: Estera f
• Norwegian: Ester (no)
• Persian: استر (fa) (ester)
• Polish: Estera (pl) f
• Portuguese: Ester (pt) f
• Romanian: Estera (ro) f
• Russian: Эсте́р (ru) f (Estɛ́r), Есфи́рь f (Jesfírʹ), Эсфи́рь f (Esfírʹ)
• Scots: Esther
• Scottish Gaelic: Ester (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: Јестира
• Slovak: Ester f
• Slovene: Estera (sl) f
• Spanish: Esther (es), Ester (es)
• Swahili: Esta (sw)
• Swedish: Ester (sv)
• Tagalog: Ester (tl) f
• Waray-Waray: Ester
• Welsh: Esther (cy) f
• West Frisian: Ester
• Yiddish: אסתּר (ester)
• Zealandic: Ester

book of the Bible

• Afrikaans: Ester (af)
• Basque: Ester (eu)
• Breton: Ester (br) f
• Catalan: Ester (ca)
• Cebuano: Ester
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 以斯帖記／以斯帖记 (ji⁵ si¹ tip³ gei³), 以斯帖记 (ji⁵ si¹ tip³ gei³)

  Hakka: 以斯帖記／以斯帖记, 以斯帖记 (Yî-sṳ̂-thiap-ki)

  Mandarin: 以斯帖記／以斯帖记 (zh), 以斯帖记 (zh) (Yǐsītiējì)

  Min Dong: 以士帖書／以士帖书 (Ī-sê̤ṳ-táik-cṳ̆)

• Corsican: Ester (co)
• Czech: Ester (cs)
• Danish: Ester (da)
• Dutch: Ester (nl)
• Estonian: Ester (et)
• Finnish: Ester (fi)
• French: Esther (fr)
• German: Esther (de), Ester (de)
• Greek: Εσθήρ (el) f (Esthír)

  Ancient: Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr)

• Hawaiian: ʻEsetera
• Hebrew: אֶסְתֵּר (he) ('estér)
• Hungarian: Eszter (hu)
• Icelandic: Ester (is) f
• Ido: Ester (io) f
• Irish: Leabhar Eistir m, Eistir (ga) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: Ester (it)
• Japanese: エステル記 (Esuteru-ki)
• Latin: Esther (la) f
• Latvian: Estere (lv) f
• Limburgish: Ester (li)
• Lithuanian: Esteros knyga (lt) f
• Maltese: Ktieb Ester
• Maori: Ehetere
• Norwegian: Ester (no)
• Persian: استر (fa) (ester)
• Polish: Księga Estery f
• Portuguese: Ester (pt) m
• Romanian: Estera (ro) f
• Russian: Книга Есфи́ри f (Kniga Jesfíri), Есфи́рь f (Jesfírʹ)
• Scots: Esther
• Scottish Gaelic: Ester (gd) f
• Slovak: Ester f
• Slovene: Estera (sl)
• Spanish: Esther (es), Ester (es)
• Swahili: Esta (sw)
• Swedish: Ester (sv)
• Tagalog: Ester (tl) f
• Waray-Waray: Ester
• Welsh: Esther (cy) f
• West Frisian: Ester
• Zealandic: Ester

the heroine of the Book of Esther

• Afrikaans: Ester (af)
• Armenian: Եսթեր (Estʻer)
• Basque: Ester (eu)
• Breton: Ester (br) f
• Catalan: Ester (ca) f
• Cebuano: Ester
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 以斯帖 (ji⁵ si¹ tip³)

  Hakka: 以斯帖 (Yî-sṳ̂-thiap)

  Mandarin: 以斯帖 (zh) (Yǐsītiē)

  Min Dong: 以士帖 (Ī-sê̤ṳ-táik)

  Min Nan: 以斯帖 (Í-su-thiap)

• Corsican: Ester (co)
• Czech: Ester (cs)
• Danish: Ester (da)
• Dutch: Esther (nl) f
• Estonian: Ester (et)
• Finnish: Ester (fi) f
• French: Esther (fr)
• German: Esther (de) f
• Greek: Εσθήρ (el) f (Esthír)

  Ancient: Ἐσθήρ f (Esthḗr)

• Hawaiian: ʻEsetera
• Hebrew: אֶסְתֵּר (he) f ('estér)
• Hungarian: Eszter (hu)
• Icelandic: Ester (is) f
• Ido: Ester (io) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: Eistir (ga) f
• Italian: Ester (it)
• Japanese: エステル (ja) (Esuteru)
• Latin: Esther (la) f
• Latvian: Estere (lv) f
• Limburgish: Ester (li)
• Lithuanian: Estera f
• Maore Comorian: Esteri
• Norwegian: Ester (no) f
• Old Church Slavonic: Есѳирь f (Esθirĭ)
• Polish: Estera (pl)
• Portuguese: Ester (pt)
• Romanian: Estera (ro) f
• Russian: Есфи́рь f (Jesfírʹ), Эсфи́рь f (Esfírʹ)
• Scots: Esther
• Scottish Gaelic: Ester (gd) f
• Slovak: Ester f
• Slovene: Estera (sl) f
• Spanish: Esther (es)
• Swahili: Esta (sw)
• Swedish: Ester (sv) f
• Tagalog: Ester (tl) f
• Waray-Waray: Ester
• Welsh: Esther (cy) f
• West Frisian: Ester
• Yiddish: אסתּר f (ester)
• Zealandic: Ester

Anagrams

• Ehrets, Hester, ethers, there's, theres, threes

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Danish

Proper noun

Esther

1. a female given name, a popular spelling variant of Ester.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Esther

1. a female given name. Less common variants include Hester and very rarely Ester.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.tɛʁ/

Proper noun

Esther f

1. Esther
2. the book of Esther
3. a female given name, equivalent to English Esther.

Anagrams

• hêtres

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German

Alternative forms

• Ester

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Esther

1. Esther (biblical character)
2. the book of Esther
3. a female given name, a popular spelling variant of Ester.

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Hester

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר (ʾestēr) (possibly via Ancient Greek Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr)), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎼 (star-, “star”) or from עִשְׁתָּר (ʿištār, “Ishtar”). Compare Middle Persian stl (star, “star”), stʾlk' (stārag, “star”), Modern Persian ستاره (setâre, “star”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈes.tʰeːr/, [ˈɛs̠t̪ʰeːr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈes.ter/, [ˈɛst̪er]

Proper noun

Esthēr f (indeclinable)

1. Esther

Further reading

• Liber Esther on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la
• Template:projectlink

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Esther

1. a female given name, a less common spelling of Ester.

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Esther f

1. a female given name, variant of Ester

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• Ester

Proper noun

Esther f

1. Esther
2. a female given name, equivalent to English Esther.

Proper noun

Esther m

1. the book of Esther