Ištar

See also: ISTAR and istar

Akkadian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ištar f

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

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒀭𒅖𒋻 (diš-tar)
  • 𒀭𒀹𒁯 (diš₈-tar₂)
  • 𒀾𒁯 (aš₂-dar)

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

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɪʃtar]

Proper noun

Ištar f

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

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading
  • Ištar in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
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