awatara
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== Balinese ==
=== Etymology ===
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”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /awatarə/
=== Noun ===
awatara (Balinese script ᬅᬯᬢᬵᬭ)
(Hinduism) avatar (the incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu)
incarnation
==== Descendants ====
→ Indonesian: awatara
=== Further reading ===
“awatara”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Balinese awatara, from Old Javanese awatāra, from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra, “descent of a deity from a heaven”). Doublet of avatar and avatara.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /awaˈtara/ [a.waˈt̪a.ra]
Rhymes: -ara
Syllabification: a‧wa‧ta‧ra
=== Noun ===
awatara (plural awatara-awatara)
(Hinduism) avatar (the incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu)
Synonyms: avatar, avatara
=== Further reading ===
“awatara”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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/
Rhymes: -ara
Syllabification: a‧wa‧ta‧ra
=== Etymology 1 ===
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra).
==== Noun ====
awatara m pers or f
(Hinduism) avatar (incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu)
Alternative form: avatara
Synonym: awatar
===== Declension =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Noun ====
awatara m pers
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