ᬅᬯᬢᬵᬭ

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

ᬅᬯᬢᬵᬭ (awatara)

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

Descendants
  • → Indonesian: awatara

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