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Re: What does my name mean??? ESFIRA...
by Kate
9/14/2007, 12:04 PM
in reply to a message by Esfira
A form of Esther, perhaps?
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- Caprice   +2
9/14/2007, 12:46 PM
I agree with that......after googling it, it seems to be a (Romanian? Russian?) variant of Esther.
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- Ivayla   +1
9/15/2007, 9:51 PM
It's Russian. Because the Greek 'theta' looks like the Cyrillic 'f' rotated at 90°, a lot of Russian names have an 'f' where the corresponding western name would have a 'th'. See Marfa, Dorofey, Feodor, Afanasy, etc. Or, for that matter, Esfir :)

This message was edited 9/15/2007, 10:02 PM

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- Anneza
9/16/2007, 11:04 PM
Ivayla, this is most interesting! I'd assumed that it was a pronunciation issue, as many languages don't have the -th- sound and often substitute a -t- or -f-. Thank you.
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