dharma

See also: Dharma

English

Alternative forms

• Dharma

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Sanskrit धर्म (dhárma, “that which upholds or supports”). The definitions pertaining to Buddhism are influenced by Pali dhamma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːmə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑɹ.mə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ʱəɾ.mə/, /d̪ʱəɾm/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)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, one's duty.
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.

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:)
• 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 (ntárma)

  Ancient Greek: εὐσέβειᾰ (eusébeia)

• Gujarati: ધર્મ (dharma)
• Hindi: धर्म (hi) m (dharm)
• Japanese: 法 (ja) (ほう, hō)
• Kachchi: ધર્મ (dharma)
• Kannada: ಧರ್ಮ (kn) (dharma)
• Khmer: ធម៌ (km) (thɔə), ធម្ម (km) (thŏəm)
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• Konkani: धर्म (dharma)
• Korean: 법 (ko) (beop) (法 (ko))
• Lao: ທຳ (tham), ທັມ (tham)
• Lü: ᦒᧄ (tham)
• Maithili: धर्म (dharma)
• Malay: darma
• Marathi: धर्म m (dharma)
• Nepali: धर्म (dharma)
• Pali: dhamma
• Polish: dharma (pl) f
• Portuguese: darma (pt) m
• Russian: дха́рма (ru) f (dxárma)
• Sanskrit: धर्म (sa) m (dharma)
• Sauraseni Prakrit:
• 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 (ko) (beop) (法 (ko))
• Lao: ທຳ (tham)
• Lü: ᦒᧄ (tham)
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• 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)

Derived terms

• dharmic

See also

• karma

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Balinese

Romanization

dharma

1. Romanization of ᬥᬃᬫ

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Irish

Noun

dharma m (genitive singular dharma)

1. Alternative spelling of darma

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Italian

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dharma m (uncountable)

1. dharma

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Portuguese

Noun

dharma m (plural s)

1. Alternative spelling of darma