masculine (neuter) · āvatta 1 · āvatta 2
Āvatta 1 (adjective) [past participle of āvattati] gone away to, fallen back to, in phrase hīnāy'āvatta (see same phrase under āvattati) M I 460; S II 50; Ja I 206. Āvatta 2 (neuter) [Sanskrit āvarta, of ā + vr̥t, cf. āvaṭṭa] winding, turn, bent Ja I 70 (in a river); Nett 81 (v.l. āvaṭṭa°), 105 (°hārasampāta).
turning; turning round; turning back; whirlpool, eddy; (past participle adjective) turned, converted; enticed, seduced; having returned; turned back (especially to a layman’s life)
【形】 (āvattati 的【過分】), 已後退。【中】 旋緊，旋轉，彎曲。
(pp, pp of āvattati) reverted; returned; gone back (to) fallen back to Construction: ā + √vatt + ta
(pp, pp of āvattati) twisted; turned; rotated; curled; coiled winding, turn, bent Construction: ā + √vatt + ta
(masc, masc, from āvattati) whirlpool; vortex; maelstrom [lit.] turning Construction: ā + √vatt + a