awatāra

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed 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): /awa.ta.ra/

Noun

awatāra

  1. embodiment, incarnation
  2. appearance

Verb

awatāra

  1. to appear

Descendants
  • → Balinese: ᬅᬯᬢᬵᬭ (awatara)
    • → Indonesian: awatara

Further reading
  • "awatāra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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