awatara

See also: awatarą and awatāra

Balinese

Romanization

awatara

1. Romanization of ᬅᬯᬢᬵᬭ.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Balinese ᬅᬯᬢᬵᬭ (awatara), from Old Javanese awatāra, 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 √तॄ (√tṝ, “to cross”). Doublet of avatar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [awaˈta.ra]
• Hyphenation: awa‧ta‧ra

Noun

awatara

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

   Synonym: avatar

Further reading

• “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.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vaˈta.ra/

• Audio:

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

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra).

Noun

awatara m pers or f

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

   Synonym: awatar

   Alternative form: avatara

Declension

Declension of awatara

	singular	plural
nominative	awatara	awatary
genitive	awatary	awatarów/awatar
dative	awatarze	awatarom
accusative	awatarę	awatarów/awatar
instrumental	awatarą	awatarami
locative	awatarze	awatarach
vocative	awataro	awatary

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

awatara m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of awatar

Further reading

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