Ištar
Akkadian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Semitic *ʕaṯtar-. Cognate with Arabic عَثْتَر (ʕaṯtar) and Biblical Hebrew עַשְׁתֹּרֶת (ʕaštórɛṯ).
Pronunciation
edit- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈiʃ.tar/
Proper noun
editIštar f
- Ishtar (goddess of love and war, associated with the planet Venus, corresponding to the Sumerian Inanna)
Alternative forms
edit- Aštar (Old Akkadian)
- Eštar (Ur III, later)
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Descendants
editCzech
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editIštar f
- Ishtar (a goddess of fertility, love, sex and war)
Declension
editThis proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
edit- “Ištar”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)