carma

See also: ĉarma and cârmă

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• karma

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-

Sanskrit कृ (kṛ)

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ ~ *-mén

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ma

Sanskrit -मन् (-man)

Sanskrit कर्मन् (karman)bor.

Portuguese carma

Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् (karman).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʁ.mɐ/ [ˈkaɦ.mɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʁ.mɐ/ [ˈkaɦ.mɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʁ.mɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɻ.mɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ.mɐ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʁmɐ, (Portugal) -aɾmɐ
• Hyphenation: car‧ma

Noun

carma m (plural carmas)

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) karma (the total effect of a person’s actions and conduct during the successive phases of his existence)
2. karma (a force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate)

Related terms

• cármico

Further reading

• “carma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “carma”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “carma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026