अवतार

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /əʋ.t̪ɑːɾ/, [ɐʋ.t̪äːɾ]

Noun

अवतार • (avtār) m (Urdu spelling اوتار)

  1. (Hinduism) an incarnation; incarnation of a deity, descent to the world
    अवतार लेनाavtār lenāto incarnate

Declension

Descendants

  • English: avatar, avatara; Avator
    • Japanese: アバター
  • French: avatar

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra).

Noun

अवतार • (avatār) m

  1. avatar
  2. descending, descent

References

Old Gujarati

Alternative forms

  • अवतारु (avatāru)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra).

Noun

अवतार • (avatāra) m

  1. incarnation, rebirth, avatar

Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

Etymology

Compound of अव (áva, down) + तार (tāra, across).

Pronunciation

Noun

अवतार • (ávatāra) stem, m

  1. avatar: descent (especially of a deity from heaven), appearance of any deity upon earth (but more particularly the incarnations of Vishnu in ten principal forms, namely Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parashurama, Rāma, Krishna, Buddha, and Kalki)
    • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 12
    • c. 1000, Kṣemendra, Kalāvilasā 10.10.21.yug’|âvatārāṇām†;:
      Madanaś chala|caurāṇāṃ / strī|vacanaṃ jñāti|bhedānām
      krūraś caṇḍālānāṃ / †māyāvī kali
      The God of love among sneaky thieves, / women’s words among dividers of kinsmen,
      a cruel one among chandálas, / a necromancer among those incarnated / in the age of darkness;
  2. any new and unexpected appearance
  3. any distinguished person in the language of respect is called an avatāra or incarnation of a deity
  4. opportunity of catching any one
  5. a तीर्थ (tīrtha) or sacred place
  6. translation

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अवतार (ávatāra)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative अवतारः
ávatāraḥ
अवतारौ / अवतारा¹
ávatārau / ávatārā¹
अवताराः / अवतारासः¹
ávatārāḥ / ávatārāsaḥ¹
Vocative अवतार
ávatāra
अवतारौ / अवतारा¹
ávatārau / ávatārā¹
अवताराः / अवतारासः¹
ávatārāḥ / ávatārāsaḥ¹
Accusative अवतारम्
ávatāram
अवतारौ / अवतारा¹
ávatārau / ávatārā¹
अवतारान्
ávatārān
Instrumental अवतारेण
ávatāreṇa
अवताराभ्याम्
ávatārābhyām
अवतारैः / अवतारेभिः¹
ávatāraiḥ / ávatārebhiḥ¹
Dative अवताराय
ávatārāya
अवताराभ्याम्
ávatārābhyām
अवतारेभ्यः
ávatārebhyaḥ
Ablative अवतारात्
ávatārāt
अवताराभ्याम्
ávatārābhyām
अवतारेभ्यः
ávatārebhyaḥ
Genitive अवतारस्य
ávatārasya
अवतारयोः
ávatārayoḥ
अवताराणाम्
ávatārāṇām
Locative अवतारे
ávatāre
अवतारयोः
ávatārayoḥ
अवतारेषु
ávatāreṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

References

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