Esther

English

Alternative forms

Ester

Etymology

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 (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)).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Esther

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

A female given name from Persian.
A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
(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.

Derived terms

Estherville

Related terms

Essie, Hester, Hettie, Hetty
Vanessa

Translations

female given name

Afrikaans: Ester (af)
Arabic: أَسْتِير f (ʔastīr)
Armenian: Եսթեր (hy) (Estʻer)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: please add this translation if you can
Basque: Ester (eu)
Bengali: এস্থার (esthar)
Breton: Ester (br) f
Catalan: Ester (ca) f
Cebuano: Ester
Chinese:
Eastern Min: 以士帖 (Ī-sê̤ṳ-táik)

Mandarin: 艾丝特 (Àisītè)
Corsican: Ester (co)
Czech: Ester (cs) f
Danish: Esther
Dutch: Esther (nl) f
Estonian: Ester
Faroese: Ester (fo) f
Finnish: Esteri (fi)
French: Esther (fr)
Georgian: ესთერი (esteri)
German: Esther (de) f
Greek: Εσθήρ (el) f (Esthír)
Ancient: Ἐσθήρ f (Esthḗr)
Greenlandic: Eersta (kl)
Hawaiian: ʻEkekela
Hebrew: אֶסְתֵּר (he) ('estér)
Hindi: एस्थर (esthar)
Hungarian: Eszter (hu)
Icelandic: Ester (is) f
Ido: Ester (io) f
Irish: Eistir (ga) f
Italian: Ester (it)
Japanese: エステル (ja) (Esuteru)
Latin: Esther (la) f
Latvian: Estere (lv) f
Lavukaleve: Esther
Limburgish: Ester
Lithuanian: Estera f
Malayalam: എസ്ഥേർ (esthēṟ)
Maltese: Ester f
Manx: Esther (gv)
Maori: Ehetere (mi)
Mirandese: Ester
Neapolitan: Ester
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 (ru) f (Esfírʹ)
Santali: ᱮᱥᱛᱷᱟᱨ (esthar)
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
Tamil: எஸ்தர் (estar)
Waray-Waray: Ester
Welsh: Esther (cy) f
West Frisian: Ester
Yiddish: אסתּר f (ester)
Zealandic: Ester

book of the Bible

Afrikaans: Ester (af)
Armenian: Եսթեր (hy) (Estʻer)
Asturian: Ester (ast)
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)

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

Hakka: 以斯帖記／以斯帖记 (Yî-sṳ̂-thiap-ki)

Mandarin: 以斯帖記／以斯帖记 (zh) (Yǐsītiējì)
Corsican: Ester (co)
Czech: Ester (cs)
Danish: Ester (da)
Dutch: Ester (nl)
Estonian: Ester
Faroese: Ester (fo) f
Finnish: Ester (fi)
French: Esther (fr)
Georgian: ესთერი (esteri)
German: Esther (de), Ester (de)
Greek: Εσθήρ (el) f (Esthír)
Ancient: Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr)
Greenlandic: Eersta (kl)
Hawaiian: ʻEsetera
Hebrew: אֶסְתֵּר (he) ('estér)
Hungarian: Eszter (hu)
Icelandic: Ester (is) f
Ido: Ester (io) f
Irish: Leabhar Eistir m, Eistir (ga) f
Italian: Ester (it)
Japanese: エステル記 (Esuteru-ki)
Jarai: HʼÊsther
Kazakh: Естер (Ester)
Latin: Esther (la) f
Latvian: Estere (lv) f
Lavukaleve: Esther
Limburgish: Ester
Lithuanian: Esteros knyga (lt) f
Maltese: Ktieb Ester (mt)
Manx: Esther (gv)
Maori: Ehetere (mi)
Mirandese: Ester
Neapolitan: Ester
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
Tamil: எஸ்தர் (estar)
Waray-Waray: Ester
Welsh: Esther (cy) f
West Frisian: Ester
Zealandic: Ester

the heroine of the Book of Esther

Afrikaans: Ester (af)
Armenian: Եսթեր (hy) (Estʻer)
Asturian: Ester (ast)
Basque: Ester (eu)
Breton: Ester (br) f
Catalan: Ester (ca) f
Cebuano: Ester
Chinese:
Cantonese: 以斯帖 (ji⁵ si¹ tip³)

Eastern Min: 以士帖 (Ī-sê̤ṳ-táik)

Hakka: 以斯帖 (Yî-sṳ̂-thiap)

Hokkien: 以斯帖 (Í-su-thiap)

Mandarin: 以斯帖 (zh) (Yǐsītiē)
Corsican: Ester (co)
Czech: Ester (cs)
Danish: Ester (da)
Dutch: Esther (nl) f
Estonian: Ester
Faroese: Ester (fo) f
Finnish: Ester (fi) f
French: Esther (fr)
Georgian: ესთერი (esteri)
German: Esther (de) f
Greek: Εσθήρ (el) f (Esthír)
Ancient: Ἐσθήρ f (Esthḗr)
Greenlandic: Eersta (kl)
Hawaiian: ʻEsetera
Hebrew: אֶסְתֵּר (he) f ('estér)
Hungarian: Eszter (hu)
Icelandic: Ester (is) f
Ido: Ester (io) f
Irish: Eistir (ga) f
Italian: Ester (it)
Japanese: エステル (ja) (Esuteru)
Kazakh: Естер (Ester)
Latin: Esther (la) f
Latvian: Estere (lv) f
Lavukaleve: Esther
Limburgish: Ester
Lithuanian: Estera f
Maltese: Ester f
Manx: Esther (gv)
Maore Comorian: Esteri
Maori: Ehetere (mi)
Mirandese: Ester
Neapolitan: Ester
Norwegian: Ester (no) f
Old Church Slavonic: Есѳирь f (Esθirĭ)
Polish: Estera (pl) f
Portuguese: Ester (pt)
Romanian: Estera (ro) f
Russian: Есфи́рь f (Jesfírʹ), Эсфи́рь (ru) 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
Tamil: எஸ்தர் (estar)
Waray-Waray: Ester
Welsh: Esther (cy) f
West Frisian: Ester
Yiddish: אסתּר f (ester)
Zealandic: Ester

Anagrams

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

Danish

Proper noun

Esther

a female given name, a popular spelling variant of Ester

Dutch

Alternative forms

Ester
Hester (possibly)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.tər/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: Es‧ther

Proper noun

Esther f

(biblical) the Book of Esther
(biblical) Esther, the main character of the Book of Esther
a female given name

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛs.tɛʁ/

Proper noun

Esther f

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

Derived terms

Estée

Anagrams

hêtres

German

Alternative forms

Ester

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Proper noun

Esther

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

Latin

Alternative forms

Hester

Etymology

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 (setâre, “star”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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

Esther

Declension

Indeclinable noun or third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Esthēr Esther
Genitive	Esthēr Esthēris
Dative	Esthēr Esthērī
Accusative	Esthēr Esthērem
Ablative	Esthēr Esthēre
Vocative	Esthēr Esther

Descendants

Descendants of Esther

→ Asturian: Ester
→ Catalan: Ester
→ Czech: Ester
→ Danish: Ester, Esther
→ Dutch: Esther
→ English: Ester, Esther
→ Estonian: Ester
→ Faroese: Ester
→ Finnish: Ester
→ French: Esther
→ German: Ester, Esther
→ Icelandic: Ester
→ Italian: Ester
→ Norman: Estèr
→ Norwegian: Ester, Esther
→ Occitan: Estèr
→ Polish: Estera
→ Portuguese: Ester, Esther
→ Romanian: Ester
→ Scottish Gaelic: Ester
→ Slovak: Ester, Estera
→ Spanish: Ester, Esther
→ Swedish: Ester

Norwegian

Proper noun

Esther

a female given name, a less common spelling of Ester

Portuguese

Proper noun

Esther f

a female given name, variant of Ester

Spanish

Alternative forms

Ester

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Esther f

Esther
a female given name, equivalent to English Esther

Proper noun

Esther m

the book of Esther

Esther

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French

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German

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Latin

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