อวตาร

Thai

Alternative forms

  • (archaic): อวตาล

Etymology

From Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra, “avatar”). Cognate with Khmer អវតារ (ʼɑwtaa).

Pronunciation

Orthographicอวตาร
ɒ w t ā r
Phonemic
อะ-วะ-ตาน
ɒ a – w a – t ā n
RomanizationPaiboonà-wá-dtaan
Royal Institutea-wa-tan
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔa˨˩.wa˦˥.taːn˧/(R)

Noun

อวตาร • (à-wá-dtaan)

  1. (Hinduism) avatar.
  2. (historical) monarch, considered as an avatar of a deity according to the cult of divine monarchy.
  3. (computing) avatar.
  4. (Internet slang, sometimes humorous) alternative account, body, form, etc.; descent; sock puppet.
    พรรคพลังประชาชนเป็นอวตารของพรรคไทยรักไทย
    pák pá-lang bprà-chaa-chon bpen à-wá-dtaan kɔ̌ɔng pák tai rák tai
    The People's Power Party is an avatar of the Thais Love Thais Party.

Derived terms

Verb

อวตาร • (à-wá-dtaan) (abstract noun การอวตาร)

  1. (Hinduism, intransitive) to take or adopt the form of an avatar.
  2. (Internet slang, sometimes humorous, intransitive) to take or adopt an alternative account, body, form, etc.; to descend; to use a sock puppet.
    พรรคไทยรักไทยอวตารเป็นพรรคพลังประชาชน
    pák tai rák tai à-wá-dtaan bpen pák pá-lang bprà-chaa-chon
    The Thais Love Thais Party was incarnated by the People's Power Party.
    The People's Power Party descends from the Thais Love Thais Party.
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