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English
Noun
awatar (plural awatars)
- Archaic form of avatar (“incarnation of a deity”).
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈva.tar/
- Rhymes: -atar
- Syllabification: a‧wa‧tar
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English avatar.
Noun
awatar m animal
- (Hinduism) Synonym of awatara
- Alternative form: avatar
- (computing, video games) avatar (complex and dynamic digital representation of a person or being in the form of a digital model, used online as a simulation or emulation of a person, or as a person's online alter ego, in a virtual world, virtual chat room, or metaverse)
- (computing, video games) avatar (simple and static or nearly static digital representation of a person or being in the form of a small digital object, used online as a simulacrum or token of a person or that person's online alter ego, in any digital environment but especially in non-virtual, non-metaversal ones)
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
awatar f
- genitive plural of awatara
Further reading
- awatar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- awatar in Polish dictionaries at PWN