"אסתּר" meaning in Yiddish

See אסתּר in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈɛstəʁ/ Forms: ester [romanization], estern [romanization], esterl [romanization]
Etymology: From Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר ('estér). Etymology templates: {{bor|yi|he|אֶסְתֵּר|tr='estér}} Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר ('estér) Head templates: {{head|yi|proper noun|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=ester}} אסתּר • (ester) f, {{yi-proper noun|dim=אסתּרל|dimtr=esterl|g=f|obl=אסתּרן|obltr=estern|tr=ester}} אסתּר • (ester) f, accusative/dative אסתּרן (estern), diminutive אסתּרל (esterl)
  1. Esther (Biblical character)
    Sense id: en-אסתּר-yi-name-aWRBWKi4 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Biblical characters Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Biblical characters: 83 17
  2. a female given name, equivalent to English Esther
    Sense id: en-אסתּר-yi-name-1JfCiMqr Categories (other): Yiddish female given names, Yiddish given names, Yiddish terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with redundant script codes: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: מגילת אסתּר (megiles ester)

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "אֶסְתֵּר",
        "tr": "'estér"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר ('estér)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר ('estér).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ester",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "estern",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esterl",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "ester"
      },
      "expansion": "אסתּר • (ester) f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "dim": "אסתּרל",
        "dimtr": "esterl",
        "g": "f",
        "obl": "אסתּרן",
        "obltr": "estern",
        "tr": "ester"
      },
      "expansion": "אסתּר • (ester) f, accusative/dative אסתּרן (estern), diminutive אסתּרל (esterl)",
      "name": "yi-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "megiles ester",
      "word": "מגילת אסתּר"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yi",
          "name": "Biblical characters",
          "orig": "yi:Biblical characters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Esther (Biblical character)"
      ],
      "id": "en-אסתּר-yi-name-aWRBWKi4",
      "links": [
        [
          "Esther",
          "Esther"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish female given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female given name, equivalent to English Esther"
      ],
      "id": "en-אסתּר-yi-name-1JfCiMqr",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Esther",
          "Esther#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛstəʁ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "אסתּר"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yiddish feminine nouns",
    "Yiddish lemmas",
    "Yiddish proper nouns",
    "Yiddish terms borrowed from Hebrew",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew",
    "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
    "yi:Biblical characters"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "אֶסְתֵּר",
        "tr": "'estér"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר ('estér)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר ('estér).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ester",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "estern",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esterl",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "ester"
      },
      "expansion": "אסתּר • (ester) f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "dim": "אסתּרל",
        "dimtr": "esterl",
        "g": "f",
        "obl": "אסתּרן",
        "obltr": "estern",
        "tr": "ester"
      },
      "expansion": "אסתּר • (ester) f, accusative/dative אסתּרן (estern), diminutive אסתּרל (esterl)",
      "name": "yi-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "megiles ester",
      "word": "מגילת אסתּר"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Esther (Biblical character)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Esther",
          "Esther"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Yiddish female given names",
        "Yiddish given names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female given name, equivalent to English Esther"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Esther",
          "Esther#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛstəʁ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "אסתּר"
}

Download raw JSONL data for אסתּר meaning in Yiddish (1.7kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Yiddish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.