Esther

• Ester

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 (setâre, “star”), Northern Kurdish estêre), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (if so, a distant doublet of star); or else to Akkadian 𒀭𒈹 (Ištar, “Ishtar”) (Hebrew עִשְׁתָּר (ʿištār)).

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĕsʹtə, IPA^(key): /ˈɛstə/
• (General American) enPR: ĕsʹtər, IPA^(key): /ˈɛstɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)
• Homophone: ester

Esther

2. A female given name from Persian.
4. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
6. (biblical) The heroine of the Book of Esther.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Esther 2:7:

     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.

• Estherville

• Essie, Hester, Hettie, Hetty
• Vanessa

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

Esther

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

• Ester
• Hester (possibly)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr), from Biblical Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.tər/

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• Hyphenation: Es‧ther

Esther f

1. (biblical) the Book of Esther
2. (biblical) Esther, the main character of the Book of Esther
3. a female given name

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.tɛʁ/

Esther f

1. (Biblical characters) Esther
2. (Books of the Bible) the book of Esther
3. a female given name, equivalent to English Esther

• hêtres

• Ester

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Esther

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

• Hester

From Biblical Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר (ʾestēr) (possibly via Ancient Greek Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr)), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎼 (a-s-t-r /⁠star-⁠/, “star”) or from עִשְׁתָּר (ʿištār, “Ishtar”). Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (stl /⁠star⁠/, “star”), [script needed] (stʾlk' /⁠stārag⁠/, “star”), Modern Persian ستاره (setâre, “star”).

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

Esthēr f (indeclinable) or Esther f sg (genitive Esthēris); third declension

1. Esther

Indeclinable noun or third-declension noun, singular only.

•   Liber Esther on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la
•   Liber Esther on the Latin Wikisource.Wikisource ^la

Esther

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

Esther f

1. a female given name, variant of Ester

• Ester

• IPA^(key): /esˈteɾ/ [esˈt̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: Es‧ther

Esther f

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

Esther m

1. the book of Esther