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See also: ISTAR and istar

Akkadian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *ʕaṯtar-. Cognate with Arabic عَثْتَر (ʕaṯtar) and Biblical Hebrew עַשְׁתֹּרֶת (ʕaštórɛṯ).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ištar f

  1. Ishtar (goddess of love and war, associated with the planet Venus, corresponding to the Sumerian Inanna)

Alternative forms

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Cuneiform spellings
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Descendants

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  • English: Ishtar
  • Classical Syriac: ܐܸܣܬܪܵܐ (ʾestrā)
  • Mandaic: ࡏࡎࡕࡏࡓࡀ (ʿestira)

Czech

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ištar f

  1. Ishtar (a goddess of fertility, love, sex and war)

Declension

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This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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  • Ištar”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)