ܥܫܬܪ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic عِشتَار (ʕishtār). Doublet of ܐܣܬܪܐ (ʾistrā) and ܬܪܥܬܐ (trˁtā), the former borrowed from Akkadian.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
ܥܸܫܬܵܪ • (ʿištar) f
- (astronomy) Venus: The second planet in our solar system; represented by ♀.
- (Mesopotamian mythology) Ishtar, Astarte, Ashtoreth: An ancient Mesopotamian goddess associated with love, beauty, sex and fertility. Corresponding to the Roman goddess Venus and the Greek goddess Aphrodite.
- A common given name among Assyrian people
See also edit
- (planets of the Solar System) ܢܵܒ݂ܘܿ (nāḇō), ܟܲܘܟܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ (kawkāḇtā), ܐܲܪܥܵܐ (arˁā), ܢܸܪܓܲܠ (nirgal), ܒܹܝܠ (bēl), ܟܹܐܘܵܢ (kēˀwān), ܐܘܼܪܵܢܘܿܣ (ūrānōs), ܢܹܦܬܘܼܢܘܿܣ (nēptūnōs), ܦܠܘܼܛܘܿܢ (plūṭōn)