awatar

English

Noun

awatar (plural awatars)

1. Archaic form of avatar (“incarnation of a deity”).

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈva.tar/

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• Rhymes: -atar
• Syllabification: a‧wa‧tar

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English avatar.

Noun

awatar m animal

1. (Hinduism) Synonym of awatara

   Alternative form: avatar

3. (computing, video games) avatar (complex and dynamic digital representation of a person or being in the form of a digital model, used online as a simulation or emulation of a person, or as a person's online alter ego, in a virtual world, virtual chat room, or metaverse)
4. (computing, video games) avatar (simple and static or nearly static digital representation of a person or being in the form of a small digital object, used online as a simulacrum or token of a person or that person's online alter ego, in any digital environment but especially in non-virtual, non-metaversal ones)

Declension

Declension of awatar

	singular	plural
nominative	awatar	awatary
genitive	awatara	awatarów
dative	awatarowi	awatarom
accusative	awatara	awatary
instrumental	awatarem	awatarami
locative	awatarze	awatarach
vocative	awatarze	awatary

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

awatar f

1. genitive plural of awatara

Further reading

• awatar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• awatar in Polish dictionaries at PWN