carma

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See also: ĉarma and cârmă

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

carma

Alternative forms

karma

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् (karman).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʁ.mɐ/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ.mɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʁ.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɻ.ma/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ.mɐ/

Hyphenation: car‧ma

Noun

carma m (plural carmas)

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

Related terms

cármico

Further reading

“carma”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

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