アバター

Japanese

Etymology

From English avatar, ultimately from Sanskrit अवतार (ava-tāra, “descent of a deity from a heaven”), a compound of अव (ava, “off, away, down”) and the vṛddhi-stem of the root तरति (tarati, “to cross”).

Noun

アバター (rōmaji abatā)

  1. (computing) avatar: a user's visual representation during online communication; usually an icon

Usage notes

In contexts referring to the religious aspects of the English term avatar, the more common words to use would be 天 (あま)下 (くだ)り (amakudari) or 神 (かみ)降 (おろし) (kamioroshi).

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