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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्म ( kárma ) , nom.sg. of कर्मन् ( kárman , “ act, action, performance ” ) ; first attested in English in 1785 in a translation of the Bhagavad Gita by Charles Wilkins .
Pronunciation
Noun
karma (countable and uncountable , plural karmas )
( Hinduism , Buddhism , Sikhism , Jainism ) The sum total of a person's actions , which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara , the cycle of death and rebirth .
2023 , Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice , Fig Tree, pages 59-60 :‘We are all part of a circle of karma . We will be rewarded for the good deeds of our forefathers, and pay the price for their sins.’
A force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows ; destiny; fate.
( uncommon ) A distinctive feeling , aura , or atmosphere .
2001 , Inside the Hits , page 307 :That means everything from lighting to the vibes, the karma of the room.
2006 , Chase Sargent, From Buddy to Boss , page 219 :How many times when you have been in a bar have you felt that a confrontation was building up, even without extensive verbal exchanges? Sometimes you can feel the karma or energy of a place change, and you should not ignore that
2010 , R.L. Roach, Irish Lie , page 135 :On the way to Lancaster, which was about an hour and a half from Philly, John felt the karma .
( Internet ) A score assigned to a user or post on some discussion forums , indicating popularity or perceived value .
Derived terms
Translations
the total effect of a person’s actions and conduct during the successive phases of his existence
Arabic: كَارْمَا ( kārmā )
Armenian: կարմա (hy) ( karma )
Belarusian: ка́рма f ( kárma )
Bengali: কর্মফল (bn) ( kormophol )
Bulgarian: ка́рма f ( kárma )
Burmese: ကံ (my) ( kam ) , ကြမ္မာ (my) ( kramma )
Catalan: karma (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 因果報應 / 因果报应 (zh) ( yīnguǒbàoyìng ) , 業 / 业 (zh) ( yè ) , 羯磨 ( jiémó )
Czech: karma (cs) f
Dutch: karma (nl) n
Esperanto: karmo
Finnish: karma (fi)
French: karma (fr) m
Georgian: კარმა ( ḳarma )
German: Karma (de) n
Greek: κάρμα (el) n ( kárma )
Hebrew: קארמה (he) f ( kárma )
Hindi: कर्म (hi) m ( karm )
Hungarian: karma (hu)
Japanese: 業 (ja) ( ごう, gō ) , カルマ (ja) ( karuma )
Kannada: ಕರ್ಮ (kn) ( karma )
Khmer: កម្ម (km) ( kam )
Korean: 업 (ko) ( eop ) , 카르마 ( kareuma )
Kyrgyz: карма (ky) f ( karma )
Lao: ກຳ (lo) ( kam )
Lithuanian: karma f
Macedonian: карма f ( karma )
Malay: karma (ms)
Malayalam: കർമ്മം ( kaṟmmaṁ )
Occitan: karma m
Pali: kamma n
Persian: کارما ( kârmâ )
Polish: karma (pl) f , karman (pl) m
Portuguese: carma (pt) m , karma (pt) m
Punjabi: ਕਰਮ ( karam )
Russian: ка́рма (ru) f ( kárma )
Sanskrit: कर्मन् (sa) n ( karman )
Sinhalese: කර්ම ( karma )
Spanish: karma (es) m
Swedish: karma (sv)
Tagalog: karma
Tamil: கர்மம் (ta) ( karmam ) , கர்மா ( karmā )
Telugu: కర్మ (te) ( karma )
Thai: กรรม (th) ( gam )
Tibetan: ལས ( las )
Tocharian B: yāmor
Turkish: dakka dukka sg , eden bulur
Ukrainian: ка́рма f ( kárma )
Urdu: کرم m ( karm, karma )
Vietnamese: nghiệp (vi) (業 ), nghiệp chướng (vi) , yết-ma (羯磨 )
West Frisian: karma
distinctive feeling, aura or atmosphere
Translations to be checked
References
“karma ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search .
karma in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary , edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
William Dwight Whitney , Benjamin E Smith , editors (1911 ), “karma ”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , →OCLC .
Anagrams
Afar
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /karˈma/
Hyphenation: kar‧ma
Noun
karmá f (plural karmoomí f )
autumn rainy season
Declension
Declension of karmá
absolutive
karmá
predicative
karmá
subjective
karmá
genitive
karmá
References
E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985 ) “karma”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English) , University of London, →ISBN
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् ( kárman , “ act, action, performance ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
karma m (plural karmes )
( Hinduism , Buddhism , Sikhism , Jainism ) karma
Further reading
Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From a commercial name that comes from abbreviated name of its inventor Kar el Ma cháček
Noun
karma f
( technology ) tankless water heater , instantaneous water heater
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् ( kárman , “ act, action, performance ” ) .
Noun
karma f
( Hinduism , Buddhism , Sikhism , Jainism ) karma
Declension
Declension of karma (hard feminine reducible )
Dutch
Etymology
From Sanskrit कर्मन् ( kárman , “ act, action, performance ” ) , possibly via English karma .
Pronunciation
Noun
karma n (uncountable )
( Hinduism , Buddhism , Sikhism , Jainism ) karma
Derived terms
Esperanto
Etymology
From karmo + -a .
Pronunciation
Adjective
karma (accusative singular karman , plural karmaj , accusative plural karmajn )
karmic
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् ( kárman , “ act, action, performance ” ) . Appears as headword on p. 341 of the Pieni Tietosanakirja ("Little Encyclopedia") from 1925-28, published by Otava , Helsinki.
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈkɑrmɑ/ ,
Rhymes: -ɑrmɑ
Syllabification(key ) : kar‧ma
Hyphenation(key ) : kar‧ma
Noun
karma
( Hinduism , Buddhism , Sikhism , Jainism ) karma
Declension
Further reading
French
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /kaʁ.ma/
Noun
karma m (plural karmas )
( Hinduism , Buddhism , Sikhism , Jainism ) karma
( slang ) an unpleasant or negative environment.
Further reading
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
karom ( “ claw ” ) + -a ( possessive suffix )
Noun
karma
third-person singular single-possession possessive of karom
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् ( kárman , “ act, action, performance ” ) .[ 1]
Noun
karma
( Hinduism , Buddhism , Sikhism , Jainism ) karma
Declension
Derived terms
References
Anagrams
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् ( kárman , “ act, action, performance ” ) .
Noun
karma n (genitive singular karma , no plural )
( Hinduism , Buddhism , Sikhism , Jainism ) karma
Declension
Declension of karma (sg-only neuter )
singular
indefinite
definite
nominative
karma
karmað
accusative
karma
karmað
dative
karma
karmanu
genitive
karma
karmans
Etymology 2
Noun
karma
indefinite accusative plural of karmur
indefinite genitive plural of karmur
Indonesian
Etymology
From Sanskrit कर्म ( karma ) , कर्मन् ( karman ) , from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kárma , from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kárma , from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- ( “ to do, make ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /karma/
Hyphenation: kar‧ma
Noun
karma
( Hinduism , Buddhism , Sikhism , Jainism ) karma ,
( Hinduism , Buddhism , Sikhism , Jainism ) the sum total of a person's actions , which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara , the cycle of death and rebirth
a force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows ; destiny; fate
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् ( karman , “ act, action, performance ” ) , from the root कृ ( kṛ , “ to do, make ” ) , from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷer- ( “ to do, make, build ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
karma m (invariable )
( Hinduism , Buddhism , Sikhism , Jainism ) karma
( colloquial ) karma ( divine retribution in a non-religious context )
Derived terms
Polish
karma
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъrmà .
Noun
karma f
fodder ( food for pets )
Synonym: karm
Coordinate term: pasza
( Lasovia ) hay and straw mix ( hay mixed with straw given to cattle )
Usage notes
In Standard Polish, the term karma is used for pets, whereas pasza is used for other domesticated animals, such as livestock or poultry.
Declension
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कर्मन् ( karman ) . Doublet of karman .
Noun
karma f
( Buddhism , Hinduism , Jainism , Sikhism ) karma ( total effect of a person's actions and conduct during the successive phases of their existence )
Synonym: karman
Declension
Further reading
karma in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
karma in Polish dictionaries at PWN
karma in PWN's encyclopedia
Szymon Matusiak (1880 ) “karma ”, in “Gwara lasowska w okolicy Tarnobrzega, studyjum dyjalektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I) (in Polish), volume 8, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 174
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
karma m (plural karmas )
Alternative spelling of carma
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English karma or French karma .
Noun
karma f (uncountable )
( Hinduism , Buddhism , Sikhism , Jainism ) karma
Declension
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Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /kârma/
Hyphenation: kar‧ma
Noun
kȁrma m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏рма )
( Hinduism , Buddhism , Sikhism , Jainism ) karma
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् ( kárman , “ act, action, performance ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈkaɾma/
Rhymes: -aɾma
Syllabification: kar‧ma
Noun
karma m (plural karmas )
( Hinduism , Buddhism , Sikhism , Jainism ) karma
Further reading
Turkish
Etymology 1
From Turkish kar- ( “ to mix ” ) + -ma .
Pronunciation
Noun
karma (definite accusative karmayı , plural karmalar )
mixing
Declension
Adjective
karma
mixed
karma eğitim ― mixed education (coeducation)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
karma
second-person singular negative imperative of karmak
Etymology 3
Probably from English karma , ultimately from Sanskrit कर्मन् ( karman ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
karma (definite accusative karmayı , plural karmalar )
( Hinduism , Buddhism , Sikhism , Jainism ) karma
Declension