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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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 edit

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.

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Verb edit

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

  1. (Hinduism) to take or adopt the form of an avatar.
  2. (Internet slang, sometimes humorous) 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.