Esther
/ˈɛstə/US/ˈɛstɚ/
Esther proper noun: a female given name from Persian.
Proper noun
Esther
- A female given name from Persian.
- A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
- The heroine of the Book of Esther.
- 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Esther 2:7
Esther meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
Esther in Hindi
- book of the Bible
- एस्तेर ester
- female given name
- एस्थर esthar
- the heroine of the Book of Esther
- एस्तेर ester
Esther in Tamil
- book of the Bible
- எஸ்தர் estar
- female given name
- எஸ்தர் estar
- the heroine of the Book of Esther
- எஸ்தர் estar
Esther in Bengali
- female given name
- এস্থার esthar
Esther in Malayalam
- female given name
- എസ്ഥേർ esthēṟ
More languagesFewer languages
- Esther in Gujarati
- એસ્તેર ester
- Esther in Tagalog
- Ester
- Esther in Arabic
- أَسْتِير ʔastīr
- Esther in Malay
- Ester
- Esther in Persian
- استر ester
Forms of Esther
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Origin of Esther
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 (sitāra /setâre, “star”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (if so, a distant doublet of star); or else to Akkadian 𒀭𒈹 (Ištar, “Ishtar”) (Hebrew עִשְׁתָּר (ʿištār)).
Words formed from Esther
Words that rhyme with Esther
Questions about Esther
- What does Esther mean?
- Esther means a female given name from Persian.
- What is Esther in Hindi?
- Esther in Hindi is एस्तेर (ester), एस्थर (esthar). See Esther meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Esther?
- Esther is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Esther?
- Esther is pronounced /ˈɛstə/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Esther (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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