awatara

Borrowed from Old Javanese awatāra (“incarnation, embodiment; to appear; appearance”), from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra, “descent of a deity from a heaven”), a compound of अव (ava, “off, away, down”) and the vṛddhi-stem of the root तरति (√tṝ, “to cross”).

• IPA^(key): /awatarə/

awatara (Balinese script ᬅᬯᬢᬵᬭ)

1. (Hinduism) avatar (the incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu)
2. incarnation

• → Indonesian: awatara

• “awatara” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Borrowed from Balinese awatara, from Old Javanese awatāra, from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra, “descent of a deity from a heaven”). Doublet of avatar.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /awaˈtara/ [a.waˈt̪a.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: a‧wa‧ta‧ra

awatara (plural awatara-awatara)

1. (Hinduism) avatar (the incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu)

   Synonym: avatar

• “awatara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /a.vaˈta.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: a‧wa‧ta‧ra

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra).

awatara m pers or f

1. (Hinduism) avatar (incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu)

   Alternative form: avatara

   Synonym: awatar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

awatara m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of awatar

• awatara in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• awatara in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• awatara in PWN's encyclopedia