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noun/ˈævətɑː(r)/
/ˈævətɑːr/
- (in Hinduism and Buddhism) a god appearing in a physical formTopics Religion and festivalsc2
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- a picture of a person or an animal that represents a particular computer user, on a computer screen, especially in a computer game or on social mediaTopics Games and toysb2
Word Originfrom Sanskrit avatāra ‘descent’, from ava ‘down’ + tar- ‘to cross’.
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