Quote Originally Posted by Karavanshchik View Post
So let me transliterate it in IPA

аватара = [ɐvɐˈtarʲə]
аватаре = [ɐvɐˈtarʲɪ]

(underlined "а" is the stress)
I'm not sure but it's probably more like

аватара [əvəˈtarə]

аватаре [əvəˈtare] - r should be soft here