# अवतार
## Hindi
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /əʋ.t̪ɑːɾ/, [ɐʋ.t̪äːɾ]

### Noun

अवतार • (avtār) m (Urdu spelling اوتار)
* (Hinduism) an incarnation; incarnation of a deity, descent to the world
    अवतार लेना ― avtār lenā ― to incarnate

#### Descendants

* → English: avatar, avatara (rare)
** → Japanese: アバター
* → French: avatar

## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘀𑘪𑘝𑘰𑘨 (avatāra), from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra).

### Noun

अवतार • (avatār) m
* (Hinduism) avatar; incarnation of a deity, descent to the world
* descending, descent

#### Declension
### References

* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अवतार”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “अवतार”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

## Old Gujarati
### Alternative forms

* अवतारु (avatāru)

### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra).

### Noun

अवतार • (avatāra) m
* incarnation, rebirth, avatar

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* অৱতাৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬯᬢᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
* অবতার (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰪𑰝𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀯𑀢𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* အဝတာရ (Burmese script)
* અવતાર (Gujarati script)
* ਅਵਤਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌵𑌤𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦮꦠꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂫𑂞𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಅವತಾರ (Kannada script)
* អវតារ (Khmer script)
* ອວຕາຣ (Lao script)
* അവതാര (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᠸᠠᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘪𑘝𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᠠᠸᠠᢐᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑧊𑦽𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐰𑐟𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
* ଅଵତାର (Odia script)
* ꢂꢮꢡꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆮𑆠𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖪𑖝𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
* අවතාර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩾𑩫𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚦𑚙𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
* அவதார (Tamil script)
* అవతార (Telugu script)
* อวตาร (Thai script)
* ཨ་ཝ་ཏཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒫𑒞𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨭𑨙𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Compound of अव (áva, “down”) +‎ तार (tāra, “across”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐ́.ʋɐ.tɑː.ɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɐ.ʋɐˈt̪ɑː.ɾɐ/

### Noun

अवतार • (ávatāra) stem, m
* avatar: descent (especially of a deity from heaven), appearance of any deity upon earth (but more particularly the incarnations of Vishnu in ten principal forms, namely Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parashurama, Rāma, Krishna, Buddha, and Kalki)
** c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 12
** c. 1000, Kṣemendra, Kalāvilasā 10.10.21.yug’|âvatārāṇām†;:Madanaś chala|caurāṇāṃ / strī|vacanaṃ jñāti|bhedānām krūraś caṇḍālānāṃ / †māyāvī kaliThe God of love among sneaky thieves, / women’s words among dividers of kinsmen, a cruel one among chandálas, / a necromancer among those incarnated / in the age of darkness;
* any new and unexpected appearance
** c. 400 CE, Kālidāsa, Raghuvaṃśa 3.36
* any distinguished person in the language of respect is called an avatāra or incarnation of a deity
* opportunity of catching any one
* a तीर्थ (tīrtha) or sacred place
* translation

#### Descendants

* → Bengali: অবতার (obotar)
* → Burmese: အဝတာရ (a.wa.tara.)
* → Gujarati: અવતાર (avatār)
* → Hindi: अवतार (avtār)
** → English: avatar, avatara (rare)
*** → Japanese: アバター
** → French: avatar
* → Kannada: ಅವತಾರ (avatāra)
* → Malayalam: അവതാരം (avatāraṁ)
* → Old Javanese: awatāra
** → Balinese: ᬅᬯᬢᬵᬭ (awatara)
*** → Indonesian: awatara
* → Old Marathi: 𑘀𑘪𑘝𑘰𑘨 (avatāra)
** Marathi: अवतार (avtār)
* Punjabi: ਅਵਤਾਰ (avatār)
* → Tamil: அவதாரம் (avatāram)
* → Telugu: అవతారము (avatāramu)
* → Thai: อวตาร (à-wá-dtaan)
* → Urdu: اوتار (avatār)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “अवतार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0099/1.