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avatar Aug 4th 2011, 02:38 Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary (Difference between revisions) Jump to: navigation, search Revision as of 02:35, 4 August 2011 (edit) Jamesjiao (Talk | contribs) Latest revision as of 02:38, 4 August 2011 (edit) (undo) Jamesjiao (Talk | contribs)   Line 59: Line 59: * Arabic: {{t|ar|أفاتار|m|tr='afataar}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|أفاتار|m|tr='afataar}} * Chinese: * Chinese: - *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|化身|tr=huàshēn|sc=Hani}}, {{t|cmn|阿凡達|sc=Hani}}, {{t|cmn|阿凡达|tr=āfándá|sc=Hani}} + *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|化身|tr=huàshēn|sc=Hani}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|avatar}}, {{t-|fi|ruumiillistuma}}, {{t-|fi|henkilöitymä}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|avatar}}, {{t-|fi|ruumiillistuma}}, {{t-|fi|henkilöitymä}} * French: {{t+|fr|avatar|m}}, {{t|fr|matérialisation}}, {{t+|fr|personnification}} * French: {{t+|fr|avatar|m}}, {{t|fr|matérialisation}}, {{t+|fr|personnification}} Latest revision as of 02:38, 4 August 2011 WOTD - 2 July 2010     Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.5 See also 1.6 References 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 3 Italian 4 Serbo-Croatian 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun [edit] English Wikipedia has an article on: Wikipedia [edit] Alternative forms avatara (rare) Avator (obsolete) [edit] Etymology 1784,[1] from Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) अवतार / اوتار (avatāār), 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 √tṝ ("to cross"). In computing use, saw some use in 1980s videos games – 1985 online role-playing game Habitat by Lucasfilm Games (today LucasArts), by Chip Morningstar and Joseph Romero,[2] later versions of the Ultima series (following religious use in 1985 Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar), and 1989 pen and paper role-playing game Shadowrun. Popularized by 1992 novel Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.[1] [edit] Pronunciation (UK) IPA: /ˌæv.əˈtɑ/, /ˈæv.ə.tɑ/ (US) IPA: /ˈæv.ə.tɑɹ/ Audio (US) (file) Hyphenation: av‧a‧tar [edit] Noun avatar (plural avatars) In Hinduism the incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu. The physical embodiment of an idea or concept; a personification. 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, dedicatory letter to Kidnapped [contrasting the historical Alan Breac with his incarnation in the novel]. And honest Alan, who was a grim fire-eater in his day, has in this new avatar no more desperate purpose than to steal some young gentleman's attention from his Ovid... (computing or gaming) A digital representation or handle of a person or being; often, it can take on any of various forms, as a participant chooses. i.e. 3D, animated, photo, sketch 1992 Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash The people are pieces of software called avatars. They are the audiovisual bodies that people use to communicate with each other in the Metaverse. [edit] Translations The earthly incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu Assamese: please add this translation if you can Bengali: অবতার bn(bn) Chinese: Mandarin: 化身 (huàshēn) Finnish: avatar fi(fi) French: avatar fr(fr) m., incarnation fr(fr) German: Avatar de(de) m., Avatara de(de) m., Herabkunft de(de) f., Inkarnation  de(de) f. Gujarati: please add this translation if you can Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: avatára hu(hu) Italian: avatar it(it) m., incarnazione it(it) Japanese: 天降 (てんこう, tenkō) Kannada: please add this translation if you can Malayalam: please add this translation if you can Marathi: please add this translation if you can Oriya: please add this translation if you can Punjabi: please add this translation if you can Russian: аватара ru(ru) (avatára) f., аватар ru(ru) (avatár) m., воплощение ru(ru) (voploščénije) n. Sanskrit: अवतार sa(sa) (ava-tāra) Spanish: avatar es(es) m., encarnación es(es) Tamil: please add this translation if you can Telugu: అవతారము, అవతారం The physical embodiment of an idea or concept; a personification A digital representation of a person or being Arabic: أفاتار ar(ar) ('afataar) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 紙娃娃 cmn(cmn), 纸娃娃 cmn(cmn) (zhǐwáwá), 頭像 cmn(cmn), 头像 cmn(cmn) (tóuxiàng), 阿凡達 cmn(cmn), 阿凡达 cmn(cmn) (āfándá) Czech: avatar cs(cs) m. Finnish: avatar fi(fi), hahmo fi(fi) French: avatar fr(fr) m., emblème fr(fr), symbole fr(fr) German: Avatar de(de) m. Italian: avatar it(it) m., emblema it(it), simbolo it(it) Japanese: アバター ja(ja) (abatā) Korean: 아바타 ko(ko) (abata) Russian: аватар ru(ru) (avatár) m. Spanish: avatar es(es) m., emblema es(es), símbolo es(es) Swedish: avatar sv(sv) Thai: อวตาร th(th) (à-wá-dtaan) Turkish: avatar tr(tr) [edit] See also Avatar on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons [edit] References ↑ 1.01.1 "avatar" in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001 ^ Morabito, Margaret. "Enter the Online World of LucasFilm." Run Aug. 1986: 24-28 [edit] French [edit] Etymology From Hindustani अवतार / اوتار (avatār), 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 √tṝ ("to cross"). [edit] Pronunciation IPA: /a.va.taʁ/, X-SAMPA: /a.va.taR/ Homophone: avatars Hyphenation: a‧va‧tar [edit] Noun avatar m. (plural avatars) (religion, hinduism) avatar (computing) avatar [edit] Italian [edit] Noun Italian Wikipedia has an article on: Wikipedia it avatar m. inv. avatar (all senses) [edit] Anagrams [edit] Serbo-Croatian [edit] Pronunciation IPA: /aʋǎtaːr/ Hyphenation: a‧va‧tar [edit] Noun avàtār m. (Cyrillic spelling ава̀та̄р) avatar [edit] Declension     declension of avatar singular plural nominative avàtār avatari genitive avatára avatara dative avataru avatarima accusative avatara avatare vocative avatare avatari locative avataru avatarima instrumental avatarom avatarima Categories: Word of the day archive | English terms derived from Hindi | English terms derived from Urdu | English terms derived from Sanskrit | English nouns | en:Computing | en:Gaming | French terms derived from Sanskrit | French nouns | French masculine nouns | French countable nouns | fr:Religion | fr:Computing | French terms derived from Hindi | French terms derived from Urdu | Italian nouns | Serbo-Croatian nouns Hidden categories: Translation requests (Assamese) | Translation requests (Gujarati) | Translation requests (Hindi) | Translation requests (Kannada) | Translation requests (Malayalam) | Translation requests (Marathi) | Translation requests (Oriya) | Translation requests (Punjabi) | Translation requests (Tamil)

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