अवतारी

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अवतारिन् (avatārin, “appearing”). By surface analysis, अवतार (avtār) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /əʋ.t̪ɑː.ɾiː/, [ɐʋ.t̪äː.ɾiː]

Adjective

अवतारी • (avtārī) (indeclinable)

1. descending, descended, incarnate
2. possessing divine or supernatural qualities

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अवतारी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press