ᬅᬯᬢᬵᬭ
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Balinese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]ᬅᬯᬢᬵᬭ (awatara)
- (Hinduism) avatar (the incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu)
- incarnation
Descendants
[edit]- → Indonesian: awatara
Further reading
[edit]- “awatara” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].