Esther

English Alternative forms en Ester Etymology en :der grc:Ἐσθήρ From en grc Ἐσθήρ, from en hbo אֶסְתֵּר ʾestēr. Has been connected to en peo 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎼 star- star (whence pal 𐭮𐭲𐭫 star star, pal 𐭮𐭲𐭠𐭫𐭪 stārag star, fa ستاره star سِتَارَه), from en ine-pro *h₂stḗr (if so, a distant en star 1); or else to akk Ištar 𒀭𒈹 Ištar Ishtar (he עִשְׁתָּר ʿištār). Pronunciation ĕsʹtər RP, en /ˈɛstə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Esther.wav Southern England ĕsʹtər GA, en /ˈɛstɚ/ en ɛstə(ɹ) 2 en ester str Proper noun Book of Esther en Q837839en female Persian. en Q131068A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh. en Q732413en biblical character The heroine of the Book of Esther. 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. Derived terms en Estee Estherton Estherville Related terms en Essie, en Hester, en Hettie, en Hetty en Vanessa Translations female given name Afrikaans: af Ester Arabic: ar أَسْتِير f Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii Armenian: hy Եսթեր Basque: eu Ester Bengali: bn এস্থার Breton: br Ester f Catalan: ca Ester f Cebuano: ceb Ester Chinese: Eastern Min: cdo 以士帖 Ī-sê̤ṳ-táik Mandarin: cmn 艾丝特 Àisītè Corsican: co Ester Czech: cs Ester f Danish: da Esther Dutch: nl Esther f Estonian: et Ester Faroese: fo Ester f Finnish: fi Esteri French: fr Esther Frisian: West Frisian: fy Ester Georgian: ka ესთერი German: de Esther f Greek: el Εσθήρ f Ancient Greek: grc Ἐσθήρ f Greenlandic: kl Eersta Hawaiian: haw ʻEkekela Hebrew: he אֶסְתֵּר 'estér Hindi: hi एस्थर Hungarian: hu Eszter Icelandic: is Ester f Ido: io Ester f Irish: ga Eistir f Italian: it Ester Japanese: ja エステル Esuteru Latin: la Esther f Latvian: lv Estere f Lavukaleve: lvk Esther Limburgish: li Ester Lithuanian: lt Estera f Malayalam: ml എസ്ഥേർ Maltese: mt Ester f Manx: gv Esther Māori: mi Ehetere Mirandese: mwl Ester Neapolitan: nap Ester Norwegian: no Ester Persian: fa استر ester Polish: pl Estera f Portuguese: pt Ester f Romanian: ro Estera f Russian: ru Эсте́р f Estɛ́r, ru Есфи́рь f, ru Эсфи́рь f Santali: sat ᱮᱥᱛᱷᱟᱨ Scots: sco Esther Scottish Gaelic: gd Ester f Serbo-Croatian: sh Јестира Slovak: sk Ester f Slovene: sl Estera f Spanish: es Esther, es Ester Swahili: sw Esta Swedish: sv Ester Tagalog: tl Ester f Tamil: ta எஸ்தர் Waray-Waray: war Ester Welsh: cy Esther f Yiddish: yi אסתּר f ester Zealandic: zea Ester book of the Bible Afrikaans: af Ester Armenian: hy Եսթեր Asturian: ast Ester Basque: eu Ester Breton: br Ester f Catalan: ca Ester Cebuano: ceb Ester Chinese: Cantonese: yue 以斯帖記 ji5 si1 tip3 gei3 Eastern Min: cdo 以士帖書 Ī-sê̤ṳ-táik-cṳ̆ Hakka: hak 以斯帖記 Yî-sṳ̂-thiap-ki Mandarin: cmn 以斯帖記 Yǐsītiējì Corsican: co Ester Czech: cs Ester Danish: da Ester Dutch: nl Ester Estonian: et Ester Faroese: fo Ester f Finnish: fi Ester French: fr Esther Frisian: West Frisian: fy Ester Georgian: ka ესთერი German: de Esther, de Ester Greek: el Εσθήρ f Ancient Greek: grc Ἐσθήρ Greenlandic: kl Eersta Gujarati: gu એસ્તેર f Hawaiian: haw ʻEsetera Hebrew: he אֶסְתֵּר 'estér Hindi: hi एस्तेर Hungarian: hu Eszter Icelandic: is Ester f Ido: io Ester f Irish: ga Leabhar Eistir m, ga Eistir f Italian: it Ester Japanese: ja エステル記 Esuteru-ki Jarai: jra HʼÊsther Kazakh: kk Естер Latin: la Esther f Latvian: lv Estere f Lavukaleve: lvk Esther Limburgish: li Ester Lithuanian: lt Esteros knyga f Malay: ms Ester Maltese: mt Ktieb Ester Manx: gv Esther Māori: mi Ehetere Mirandese: mwl Ester Neapolitan: nap Ester Norwegian: no Ester Persian: fa استر ester Polish: pl Estera f Portuguese: pt Ester m Romanian: ro Estera f Russian: ru Книга Есфи́ри f, ru Есфи́рь f Scots: sco Esther Scottish Gaelic: gd Ester f Slovak: sk Ester f Slovene: sl Estera Spanish: es Esther, es Ester Swahili: sw Esta Swedish: sv Ester Tagalog: tl Ester f Tamil: ta எஸ்தர் Tumbuka: tum Esitere Waray-Waray: war Ester Welsh: cy Esther f Zealandic: zea Ester the heroine of the Book of Esther Afrikaans: af Ester Armenian: hy Եսթեր Asturian: ast Ester Basque: eu Ester Breton: br Ester f Catalan: ca Ester f Cebuano: ceb Ester Chinese: Cantonese: yue 以斯帖 ji5 si1 tip3 Eastern Min: cdo 以士帖 Ī-sê̤ṳ-táik Hakka: hak 以斯帖 Yî-sṳ̂-thiap Hokkien: nan-hbl 以斯帖 Í-su-thiap Mandarin: cmn 以斯帖 Yǐsītiē Comorian: Maore Comorian: swb Esteri Corsican: co Ester Czech: cs Ester Danish: da Ester Dutch: nl Esther f Estonian: et Ester Faroese: fo Ester f Finnish: fi Ester f French: fr Esther Frisian: West Frisian: fy Ester Georgian: ka ესთერი German: de Esther f Greek: el Εσθήρ f Ancient Greek: grc Ἐσθήρ f Greenlandic: kl Eersta Gujarati: gu એસ્તેર f Hawaiian: haw ʻEsetera Hebrew: he אֶסְתֵּר f 'estér Hindi: hi एस्तेर f Hungarian: hu Eszter Icelandic: is Ester f Ido: io Ester f Irish: ga Eistir f Italian: it Ester Japanese: ja エステル Esuteru Kazakh: kk Естер Latin: la Esther f Latvian: lv Estere f Lavukaleve: lvk Esther Limburgish: li Ester Lithuanian: lt Estera f Malay: ms Ester Maltese: mt Ester f Manx: gv Esther Māori: mi Ehetere Mirandese: mwl Ester Neapolitan: nap Ester Norwegian: no Ester f Old Church Slavonic: cu Есѳирь f Polish: pl Estera f Portuguese: pt Ester Romanian: ro Estera f Russian: ru Есфи́рь f, ru Эсфи́рь f Scots: sco Esther Scottish Gaelic: gd Ester f Slovak: sk Ester f Slovene: sl Estera f Spanish: es Esther Swahili: sw Esta Swedish: sv Ester f Tagalog: tl Ester f Tamil: ta எஸ்தர் Tumbuka: tum Esitere Waray-Waray: war Ester Welsh: cy Esther f Yiddish: yi אסתּר f ester Zealandic: zea Ester Anagrams en eehrst Ehrets Hester ethers there's theres threes Danish Proper noun da proper noun da female, a popular spelling variant of Ester Dutch Alternative forms nl Ester nl Hester possibly Etymology Ultimately from nl grc Ἐσθήρ, from nl hbo אֶסְתֵּר. Pronunciation nl /ˈɛs.tər/ nl Nl-Esther.ogg nl Es ther Proper noun f nl Biblical the Book of Esther nl Biblical character en Esther, the main character of the Book of Esther nl female French Pronunciation Estèr Proper noun f fr Biblical characters fr Biblical characters en Esther fr Books of the Bible fr Books of the Bible the book of en Esther fr female Esther Derived terms fr Estée Anagrams fr hêtres German Alternative forms de Ester Pronunciation de De-Esther.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun de proper noun en Esther biblical character the book of Esther de female a popular spelling Ester de Biblical characters Books of the Bible Latin Alternative forms la Hester Etymology la :lbor grc:Ἐσθήρ + From la hbo אֶסְתֵּר ʾestēr (possibly via la grc Ἐσθήρ), from la peo 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎼 star star- or from he עִשְׁתָּר Ishtar ʿištār. Compare pal stl star star, pal stʾlk' star stārag, Modern fa ستاره star setâre. Pronunciation Esthēr 1 Proper noun Esthēr f 1 or Esther/Esthēr<3> f en Esther Declension ((Esthēr<0>,Esther/Esthēr<3>)) Descendants 2 desc ast Ester 1 ca Ester 1 cs Ester 1 da Ester Esther 1 nl Esther 1 en Ester Esther 1 et Ester 1 fo Ester 1 fi Ester 1 fr Esther 1 de Ester Esther 1 is Ester 1 it Ester 1 nrf Estèr 1 no Ester Esther 1 oc Estèr 1 pl Estera 1 pt Ester Esther 1 ro Ester 1 gd Ester 1 sk Ester Estera 1 es Ester Esther 1 sv Ester 1 Further reading Liber Esther la la Biblia Sacra Vulgata (Stuttgartensia)/Esther Liber Esther la Biblical characters Books of the Bible Norwegian Proper noun no proper noun no female, a less common spelling of Ester Portuguese Proper noun f pt female Ester Spanish Alternative forms es Ester Pronunciation Ester + Proper noun f en Esther es female Esther Proper noun m the book of Esther es Biblical characters Books of the Bible Welsh Pronunciation cy /ˈɛsθɛr/ Proper noun f 1 cy female he:אֶסְתֵּר Esther cy biblical character in the eponymous book cy biblical The Book of Esther Coordinate terms