Ishtar
Ishtar proper noun: 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.
Proper noun
Ishtar
Ishtar meaning in Hindi, Marathi and Arabic
Ishtar in Hindi
- Mesopotamian goddess of fertility, love, sex, and war
- इश्तार iśtār
Ishtar in Marathi
- Mesopotamian goddess of fertility, love, sex, and war
- इश्तार iśtār
Ishtar in Arabic
- Mesopotamian goddess of fertility, love, sex, and war
- عشتار ʕaštār
Origin of Ishtar
Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒀭𒈹 (Ištar). Doublet of Astarte and Ashtoreth. Despite modern folk-etymology, not related in any way to English Easter.
Words formed from Ishtar
Questions about Ishtar
- What does Ishtar mean?
- Ishtar means 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.
- What is Ishtar in Hindi?
- Ishtar in Hindi is इश्तार (iśtār). See Ishtar meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Ishtar?
- Ishtar is a proper noun.
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