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Ishtar
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English
Etymology
en akk Ištar 𒀭𒈹 Ištar. en Astarte Ashtoreth. Despite modern folk-etymology, not related in any way to en Easter.
Proper noun
en Mesopotamian god A goddess of fertility, love, sex and war. In the Babylonian pantheon, she was the divine personification of the planet Venus; the Assyrian and Babylonian counterpart to the Sumerian Inanna and to the northwest-Semitic goddess Astarte.
Derived terms
en Fishtar
Translations
Mesopotamian goddess of fertility, love, sex, and war
Akkadian: akk Ištar
Arabic: ar عشتار f ʕaštār
Finnish: fi Ištar, fi Eštar
Hindi: hi इश्तार f
Marathi: mr इश्तार f
Polish: pl Isztar f
Turkish: tr İştar
Anagrams
en ahirst Trisha Rashti A-shirt