อวตาร

Thai

Alternative forms

  • (archaic): อวตาล

Etymology

From Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra, avatar). Cognate with Khmer អវតារ (ʾɑwtaa).

Pronunciation

Orthographicอวตาร
ɒwtār
Phonemicอะ-วะ-ตาน
ɒawatān
RomanizationPaiboonà-wá-dtaan
Royal Institutea-wa-tan
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔa˨˩.wa˦˥.taːn˧/

Noun

อวตาร (à-wá-dtaan)

  1. (Hinduism) avatar.
  2. (historical) monarch, considered as an avatar of a deity according to the cult of divine monarchy.
  3. (computing) avatar.
  4. (Internet slang, sometimes humorous) alternative account, body, form, etc.; descent; sock puppet.

Derived terms

Verb

อวตาร (à-wá-dtaan) (abstract noun การอวตาร)

  1. (Hinduism) to take or adopt the form of an avatar.
  2. (Internet slang, sometimes humorous) to take or adopt an alternative account, body, form, etc.; to descend; to use a sock puppet.
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