# 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 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)).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĕsʹtər, IPA: /ˈɛstə/
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* (General American) enPR: ĕsʹtər, IPA: /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
### 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: /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: /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 ستاره (setâre, “star”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈes.tʰeːr/, [ˈɛs̠t̪ʰeːr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /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.

#### Descendants

* → 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

### Further reading

* Liber Esther on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{la}$
* Liber Esther on the Latin Wikisource.Wikisource $^{la}$

## 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: /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

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

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### Proper noun

Esther f (not mutable)
* a female given name from Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר, equivalent to English Esther
* (biblical) character in the eponymous book
* (biblical) The Book of Esther

#### Coordinate terms

* Genesis
* Exodus
* Lefiticus
* Numeri
* Deuteronomium
* Josua
* Barnwyr
* Ruth
* 1 Samuel
* 2 Samuel
* 1 Brenhinoedd
* 2 Brenhinoedd
* 1 Cronicl
* 2 Cronicl
* Esra
* Nehemeia
* Esther
* Job
* Salmau
* Diarhebion
* Pregethwr
* Caniad Solomon
* Eseia
* Jeremeia
* Galarnad
* Eseciel
* Daniel
* Hosea
* Joel
* Amos
* Obadeia
* Jona
* Micha
* Nahum
* Habacuc
* Seffaneia
* Haggai
* Sechareia
* Malachi