karma

See also Karma

English

Etymology

Loan from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”), first attested in English in 1827.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kärʹ-mə, IPA: /ˈkɑrmə/, X-SAMPA: /"kArm@/
  • (UK) IPA: [ˈkɑː.mə]
  • (US) IPA: [ˈkɑɹ.mə]
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)mə
• Hyphenation: kar‧ma

Noun

Wikipedia karma (countable and uncountable; plural karmas)

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) The concept of "action" or "deed" in Indian and Nepalese religions understood as that which causes the entire cycle of cause and effect (i.e., the cycle called samsara) described in the dharmic traditions, namely: Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Buddhist philosophies. The total effect of a person's actions and conduct during the successive phases of his existence, regarded as determining his next incarnation.
2. A distinctive feeling, aura, or atmosphere.
3. The idea that one reaps what one sows; destiny; fate.
   • "Icarus sowed the seeds of his own fate and accordingly, met his destiny: it was his karma; his rendevous with destiny and he got what he deserved for daring to emulate the gods."

Related terms

• karmic

Translations

the total effect of a person's actions and conduct during the successive phases of his existence

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羯磨 (cmn) (jiémó)

• Esperanto: karmo (eo)
• Finnish: karma (fi)
• German: Karma (de) n
• Hebrew: קארמה (he) (kárma) f
• Hindi: कर्म (hi) (karma)
• Japanese: カルマ (ja) (karuma)

• Kyrgyz: карма (ky) (kárma) f
• Lao: ກຳ (lo) (kam)
• Lithuanian: karma (lt) f
• Malay: karma (ms)
• Polish: karma (pl) f, karman (pl) m
• Russian: карма (ru) (kárma) f
• Spanish: karma (es) m
• Thai: กรรม (kam), กรรมะ (kammá)

destiny, fate

• Finnish: kohtalo (fi)
• Lithuanian: likimas (lt) m

• Spanish: karma (es) m

a distinctive feeling, aura or atmosphere

• Finnish: kohtalo (fi)

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• Spanish: karma m

Anagrams

• makar

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”).

Adjective

karma (plural karmaj, accusative singular karman, accusative plural karmajn)

1. karmic

Related terms

• karmo (“karma”)

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Finnish

Noun

karma

1. karma

Declension

Declension of karma (type kala) singular plural nominative karma karmat genitive karman karmojen karmain1 partitive karmaa karmoja accusative karma karman karmat inessive karmassa karmoissa elative karmasta karmoista illative karmaan karmoihin adessive karmalla karmoilla ablative karmalta karmoilta allative karmalle karmoille essive karmana karmoina translative karmaksi karmoiksi instructive – karmoin abessive karmatta karmoitta comitative – karmoineen 1) Rare.

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkʰarma/
• Rhymes: -arma

Noun

karma n (genitive singular karma, uncountable)

1. karma

Declension

declension of karma

n-w	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	karma	karmað
accusative	karma	karmað
dative	karma	karmanu
genitive	karma	karmans

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈkarma]

Etymology 1

Noun

karma f

1. fodder

Usage notes

Term karma is used for pets, where pasza is used for other domesticated animals such as livestocks or poultry.

Synonyms

• pasza

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”).

Noun

karma f

1. karma

Declension

    declension of karma

	singular	plural
nominative	karma	karmy
genitive	karmy	karm
dative	karmie	karmom
accusative	karmę	karmy
instrumental	karmą	karmami
locative	karmie	karmach
vocative	karmo	karmy

Synonyms

• karman

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kârma/
• Hyphenation: kar‧ma

Noun

kȁrma m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏рма)

1. karma

Declension

    declension of karma

	singular	plural
nominative	kȁrma	karme
genitive	karme	kȃrmā / kȃrmī
dative	karmi	karmama
accusative	karmu	karme
vocative	karmo	karme
locative	karmi	karmama
instrumental	karmom	karmama

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Spanish

Noun

karma m (plural karmas)

1. karma

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Turkish

Adjective

karma (comparative daha karma, superlative en karma)

1. mixed

Noun

karma (definite accusative karmayı, plural karmalar)

1. karma

Declension

declension of karma

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	karma	karmalar
definite accusative (belirtme)	karmayı	karmaları
dative (yönelme)	karmaya	karmalara
locative (bulunma)	karmada	karmalarda
ablative (çıkma)	karmadan	karmalardan
genitive (tamlayan)	karmanın	karmaların