अवतार

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra, descended from the sky).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əʋ.t̪ɑːɾ/

Noun

अवतार (avtār) m (Urdu spelling اوتار)

  1. (Hinduism) an incarnation; incarnation of a deity, descent to the world
    अवतार लेनाavtār lenāto incarnate

Declension

Declension of अवतार
Singular Plural
Direct अवतार (avtār) अवतार (avtār)
Oblique अवतार (avtār) अवतारों (avtārõ)
Vocative अवतार (avtār) अवतारो (avtāro)

Descendants


Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अवतार (ava-tāra).

Noun

अवतार (avatār) m

  1. avatar
  2. descending, descent

References


Old Gujarati

Alternative forms

  • अवतारु

Etymology

From Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra)

Noun

अवतार (avatāra) m

  1. incarnation, rebirth, avatar

Sanskrit

Etymology

अव- (ava-, down) + तार (tāra, savior), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew (off, away) + *terh₂- (to cross over).

Noun

अवतार (ava-tāra) m

  1. 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 the fish tortoise, boar, man lion, dwarf, the two Ramas, Krishna, Buddha, and Kalki)
    • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 12
    • c. 1000, Kṣemendra, Kalāvilasā 10.10.21
      Madanaś chala|caurāṇāṃ / strī|vacanaṃ jñāti|bhedānām
      krūraś caṇḍālānāṃ / †māyāvī kali|yug’|âvatārāṇām†;
      The 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;
  2. any new and unexpected appearance
  3. any distinguished person in the language of respect is called an avatāra or incarnation of a deity
  4. opportunity of catching any one
  5. a तीर्थ (tīrtha) or sacred place
  6. translation

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अवतार
Nom. sg. अवतारः (avatāraḥ)
Gen. sg. अवतारस्य (avatārasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative अवतारः (avatāraḥ) अवतारौ (avatārau) अवताराः (avatārāḥ)
Vocative अवतार (avatāra) अवतारौ (avatārau) अवताराः (avatārāḥ)
Accusative अवतारम् (avatāram) अवतारौ (avatārau) अवतारान् (avatārān)
Instrumental अवतारेण (avatāreṇa) अवताराभ्याम् (avatārābhyām) अवतारैः (avatāraiḥ)
Dative अवताराय (avatārāya) अवताराभ्याम् (avatārābhyām) अवतारेभ्यः (avatārebhyaḥ)
Ablative अवतारात् (avatārāt) अवताराभ्याम् (avatārābhyām) अवतारेभ्यः (avatārebhyaḥ)
Genitive अवतारस्य (avatārasya) अवतारयोः (avatārayoḥ) अवताराणाम् (avatārāṇām)
Locative अवतारे (avatāre) अवतारयोः (avatārayoḥ) अवतारेषु (avatāreṣu)

Descendants

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.