dharma

See also: Dharma

English

Alternative forms

• Dharma

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit धर्म (dhárma, “that which upholds or supports”). The definitions pertaining to Buddhism are influenced by dhamma, a loan word from Pali. Doublet of dhamma and firm.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːmə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑɹ.mə/
• (Indian English) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ʱəɾ.mə/, /d̪ʱəɾm/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mə

Noun

dharma (countable and uncountable, plural dharmas)

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) The natural order of the universe; natural law, cosmic order.

   Antonym: adharma

2. (Hinduism) One's obligation in respect to one's position in society, or the universe; one's duty, societally or cosmically.
3. (Buddhism) The teachings of the Buddha as one's personal path to enlightenment.
4. (Buddhism) The teachings of the Buddha as a practice to be promulgated and taught.

Derived terms

• Buddha dharma
• dharma talk
• dharmic, Dharmic

Related terms

• Sanatana Dharma ("the eternal way, Hinduism")

Translations

principle that orders the universe

• Arabic: دَارْمَا‎ (dārmā)
• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀥𑀁𑀫 (dhaṃma)
• Balinese: ᬥᬃᬫ (dharma)
• Bengali: নিরঁজন (nirõjon), ধর্ম (bn) (dhormo)
• Bhojpuri: धर्म (dharma)
• Burmese: ဓမ္မ (my) (dhamma.), တရား (my) (ta.ra:)
• Chakma: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法 (zh) (fǎ)

• Czech: dharma f
• Doteli: धर्म (dharma)
• Dutch: dharma
• Esperanto: darmo (eo)
• Finnish: dharma
• French: dharma (fr) m
• German: Dharma
• Greek: ντάρμα (dárma)

  Ancient Greek: εὐσέβειᾰ (eusébeia)

• Gujarati: ધર્મ (dharma)
• Hindi: धर्म (hi) m (dharm), कर्तव्य (hi) m (kartavya), निरंजन (hi) m (nirañjan)
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 法 (ja) (ほう, hō)
• Javanese: please add this translation if you can
• Kachchi: ધર્મ (dharma)
• Kannada: ಧರ್ಮ (kn) (dharma)
• Khmer: ធម៌ (km) (thɔə), ធម្ម (km) (thŏəm)
• Konkani: धर्म (dharma)
• Korean: 법(法) (ko) (beop)
• Lao: ທຳ (tham), ທັມ (tham)
• Lü: ᦒᧄ (tham)
• Maithili: धर्म (dharma)
• Malay: darma
• Malayalam: ധർമ്മം (ml) (dhaṟmmaṃ)
• Manchu: please add this translation if you can
• Marathi: धर्म (mr) m (dharma)
• Mon: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Nepali: धर्म (dharma)
• Northern Thai: ᨵᩢᨾ᩠ᨾ᩺
• Oriya: ଧର୍ମ (or) (dhôrmô)
• Pali: dhamma
• Polish: dharma (pl) f
• Portuguese: darma (pt) m
• Russian: дха́рма (ru) f (dxárma)
• Sanskrit: धर्म (sa) m (dharma)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀥𑀫𑁆𑀫 (dhamma)
• Shan: ထမ်ႇမႃႉ (thàm mâ̰a), ထမ်ႇ (thàm)
• Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: dharma f
• Spanish: dharma m
• Sylheti: ꠗꠞ꠆ꠝꠧ (dórmo)
• Tamil: தருமம் (ta) (tarumam)
• Telugu: ధర్మము (te) (dharmamu)
• Thai: ธรรม (th) (tam), ธรรมะ (th) (tam-má)
• Tibetan: ལྷ་ཆོས (lha chos)
• Urdu: دھرم‎ m (dharm)
• Vietnamese: pháp (vi)

teachings of the Buddha

• Burmese: ဓမ္မ (my) (dhamma.), တရား (my) (ta.ra:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法 (zh) (fǎ)

• Finnish: dharma
• Japanese: 法 (ja) (ほう, hō)
• Khmer: ធម៌ (km) (tʰoa)
• Korean: 법(法) (ko) (beop)
• Lao: ທຳ (tham)
• Lü: ᦒᧄ (tham)
• Malay: darma
• Mongolian: ном (mn) (nom)
• Polish: dharma (pl) f
• Portuguese: darma (pt) m
• Russian: дха́рма (ru) f (dxárma)
• Thai: ธรรม (th) (tam)
• Tibetan: ཆོས (chos)
• Vietnamese: pháp (vi)

See also

• karma

Balinese

Romanization

dharma

1. Romanization of ᬥᬃᬫ

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit धर्म (dharma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑr.maː/
• Hyphenation: dhar‧ma
• Rhymes: -ɑrmaː

Noun

dharma m (uncountable)

1. dharma (order of the universe, society, etc.; one's social or religious duty in Hinduism; teachings of the Buddha)

Derived terms

• dharmisch

Irish

Noun

dharma m (genitive singular dharma)

1. Alternative spelling of darma

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit धर्म (dharma, “that which upholds or supports”). Doublet of firma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdar.ma/
• Rhymes: -arma
• Hyphenation: dhàr‧ma

Noun

dharma m (invariable)

1. dharma

Portuguese

Noun

dharma m (plural dharmas)

1. Alternative spelling of darma