アバター

Japanese

Etymology

From English avatar, ultimately from Sanskrit अवतार (ava-tāra, “descent of a deity from a heaven”), a compound of अव (ava, “off, away, down”) and the vṛddhi-stem of the root तरति (tarati, “to cross”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ア​バター [áꜜbàtàà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ba̠ta̠ː]

Noun

アバター • (abatā) 

  1. (computing) avatar: a user's visual representation during online communication; usually an icon

Usage notes

In contexts referring to the religious aspects of the English term avatar, the more common words to use would be 天(あま)下(くだ)り (amakudari) or 神(かみ)降(おろし) (kamioroshi).

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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