Ishtar

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒀭𒈹 (Ištar). Doublet of Astarte and Ashtoreth. Despite modern folk-etymology, not related in any way to English Easter.

Proper noun

Ishtar

1. (Mesopotamian mythology) A goddess of fertility, love, sex, and war. In the Babylonian pantheon, she was the divine personification of the planet Venus; the Assyrian and Babylonian counterpart to the Sumerian Inanna and to the northwest-Semitic goddess Astarte.

Translations

Mesopotamian goddess of fertility, love, sex, and war

• Arabic: عشتار f (ʕaštār)
• Marathi: इश्तार f (iśtār)
• Polish: Isztar f

Anagrams

• Trisha, Rashti, A-shirt