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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:karmaWikipedia

Etymology

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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

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  • Hyphenation: kar‧ma
  • (North India) IPA(key): /kərm(ə)/, [kɐɾm(ɐ)]
    • (rhotic) Rhymes: -ɜː(r)m
  • (South India) IPA(key): /kərma/, [kɐɾmä(ː)]
    • (rhotic) Rhymes: -ɜː(r)mə
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑː(ɹ).mə/
    • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mə
    • Homophones: cama, calmer (non-rhotic)
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

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karma (countable and uncountable, plural karmas)

  1. (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.’
  2. A force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate.
  3. (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.
  4. (Internet) A score assigned to a user or post on some discussion forums, indicating popularity or perceived value.

Derived terms

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  • duskarma
  • instant karma
  • karma farm
  • karma farmer
  • karmaic
  • karmaless
  • karma-marga
  • karma's a bitch
  • karma whore
  • karma-yoga
  • karmic
  • karmic debt

Translations

[edit] 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), 羯磨 (かつま, katsuma)
  • 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
  • Parthian: 𐫐𐫡𐫖 (karm)
  • Persian: کارما (kârmâ), کرمه (karme)
  • 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)
  • Sogdian: 𐫐𐫡𐫖 (karm)
  • Spanish: karma (es) m
  • Swedish: karma (sv)
  • Tagalog: karma
  • Tamil: கர்மம் (ta) (karmam), வினை (ta) (viṉai)
  • 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 (vi)), nghiệp chướng (vi), yết-ma (羯磨)
  • West Frisian: karma
destiny, fate
  • Chinese: Mandarin: 緣分 / 缘分 (zh) (yuánfèn)
  • Czech: osud (cs) m
  • Dutch: karma (nl) n
  • Finnish: kohtalo (fi)
  • German: Schicksal (de) n
  • Lithuanian: likimas (lt) m
  • Portuguese: carma (pt) m, karma (pt) m
  • Russian: ка́рма (ru) f (kárma)
  • Spanish: karma (es) m
  • Swedish: karma (sv) c
  • Turkish: kader (tr), takdir (tr)
distinctive feeling, aura or atmosphere
  • Finnish: kohtalo (fi)
  • Portuguese: clima (pt) m
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations. Translations to be checked
  • Spanish: (please verify) karma (es) m

References

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  • “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[li] Smith, editors (1911), “karma”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

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  • Makar, Marak, makar, krama, Karam, Marka

Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /karˈma/ [kʌɾˈmʌ]
  • Hyphenation: kar‧ma

Noun

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karmá f (plural karmoomí f)

  1. autumn rainy season

Declension

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Declension of karmá
absolutive karmá
predicative karmá
subjective karmá
genitive karmá
Postpositioned forms
l-case karmál
k-case karmák
t-case karmát
h-case karmáh

References

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  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “karma”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkar.mə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈkaɾ.ma]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)

Noun

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karma m (plural karmes)

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) karma
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  • kàrmic

Further reading

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  • “karma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:karmaWikipedia cs

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkarma]

Etymology 1

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From a commercial name that comes from abbreviated name of its inventor Karel Macháček

Noun

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karma f

  1. (technology) tankless water heater, instantaneous water heater

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”).

Noun

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karma f

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) karma
Declension
[edit] Declension of karma (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative karma karmy
genitive karmy karem
dative karmě karmám
accusative karmu karmy
vocative karmo karmy
locative karmě karmách
instrumental karmou karmami

Further reading

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  • “karma”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • “karma”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “karma”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”), possibly via English karma.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑr.mɑ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: kar‧ma
  • Rhymes: -ɑrmɑ

Noun

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karma n (uncountable, no diminutive)

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) karma

Derived terms

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  • karmisch

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From karmo +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkarma/
  • Rhymes: -arma
  • Hyphenation: kar‧ma

Adjective

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karma (accusative singular karman, plural karmaj, accusative plural karmajn)

  1. karmic

Finnish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”). Appears as headword on p. 341 of the Pieni Tietosanakirja ("Little Encyclopedia") [1] from 1925-28, published by Otava, Helsinki.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑrmɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝rmɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrmɑ
  • Syllabification(key): kar‧ma
  • Hyphenation(key): kar‧ma

Noun

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karma

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) karma

Declension

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Inflection of karma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative karma karmat
genitive karman karmojen
partitive karmaa karmoja
illative karmaan karmoihin
singular plural
nominative karma karmat
accusative nom. karma karmat
gen. karman
genitive karman karmojenkarmainrare
partitive karmaa karmoja
inessive karmassa karmoissa
elative karmasta karmoista
illative karmaan karmoihin
adessive karmalla karmoilla
ablative karmalta karmoilta
allative karmalle karmoille
essive karmana karmoina
translative karmaksi karmoiksi
abessive karmatta karmoitta
instructive — karmoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of karma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative karmani karmani
accusative nom. karmani karmani
gen. karmani
genitive karmani karmojenikarmainirare
partitive karmaani karmojani
inessive karmassani karmoissani
elative karmastani karmoistani
illative karmaani karmoihini
adessive karmallani karmoillani
ablative karmaltani karmoiltani
allative karmalleni karmoilleni
essive karmanani karmoinani
translative karmakseni karmoikseni
abessive karmattani karmoittani
instructive — —
comitative — karmoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative karmasi karmasi
accusative nom. karmasi karmasi
gen. karmasi
genitive karmasi karmojesikarmaisirare
partitive karmaasi karmojasi
inessive karmassasi karmoissasi
elative karmastasi karmoistasi
illative karmaasi karmoihisi
adessive karmallasi karmoillasi
ablative karmaltasi karmoiltasi
allative karmallesi karmoillesi
essive karmanasi karmoinasi
translative karmaksesi karmoiksesi
abessive karmattasi karmoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — karmoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative karmamme karmamme
accusative nom. karmamme karmamme
gen. karmamme
genitive karmamme karmojemmekarmaimmerare
partitive karmaamme karmojamme
inessive karmassamme karmoissamme
elative karmastamme karmoistamme
illative karmaamme karmoihimme
adessive karmallamme karmoillamme
ablative karmaltamme karmoiltamme
allative karmallemme karmoillemme
essive karmanamme karmoinamme
translative karmaksemme karmoiksemme
abessive karmattamme karmoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — karmoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative karmanne karmanne
accusative nom. karmanne karmanne
gen. karmanne
genitive karmanne karmojennekarmainnerare
partitive karmaanne karmojanne
inessive karmassanne karmoissanne
elative karmastanne karmoistanne
illative karmaanne karmoihinne
adessive karmallanne karmoillanne
ablative karmaltanne karmoiltanne
allative karmallenne karmoillenne
essive karmananne karmoinanne
translative karmaksenne karmoiksenne
abessive karmattanne karmoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — karmoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative karmansa karmansa
accusative nom. karmansa karmansa
gen. karmansa
genitive karmansa karmojensakarmainsarare
partitive karmaansa karmojaankarmojansa
inessive karmassaankarmassansa karmoissaankarmoissansa
elative karmastaankarmastansa karmoistaankarmoistansa
illative karmaansa karmoihinsa
adessive karmallaankarmallansa karmoillaankarmoillansa
ablative karmaltaankarmaltansa karmoiltaankarmoiltansa
allative karmalleenkarmallensa karmoilleenkarmoillensa
essive karmanaankarmanansa karmoinaankarmoinansa
translative karmakseenkarmaksensa karmoikseenkarmoiksensa
abessive karmattaankarmattansa karmoittaankarmoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — karmoineenkarmoinensa

Further reading

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  • “karma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

French

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (France (Vosges)):(file)

IPA(key): /kaʁ.ma/

Noun

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karma m (plural karmas)

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) karma
  2. (slang) an unpleasant or negative environment.

Further reading

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  • “karma”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒrmɒ]
  • Hyphenation: kar‧ma
  • Rhymes: -mɒ

Etymology 1

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karom (“claw”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Noun

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karma

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of karom
Declension
[edit] Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative karma —
accusative karmát —
dative karmának —
instrumental karmával —
causal-final karmáért —
translative karmává —
terminative karmáig —
essive-formal karmaként —
essive-modal karmául —
inessive karmában —
superessive karmán —
adessive karmánál —
illative karmába —
sublative karmára —
allative karmához —
elative karmából —
delative karmáról —
ablative karmától —
non-attributivepossessive – singular karmáé —
non-attributivepossessive – plural karmáéi —

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”).[1]

Noun

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karma

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) karma
Declension
[edit] Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative karma karmák
accusative karmát karmákat
dative karmának karmáknak
instrumental karmával karmákkal
causal-final karmáért karmákért
translative karmává karmákká
terminative karmáig karmákig
essive-formal karmaként karmákként
essive-modal karmául —
inessive karmában karmákban
superessive karmán karmákon
adessive karmánál karmáknál
illative karmába karmákba
sublative karmára karmákra
allative karmához karmákhoz
elative karmából karmákból
delative karmáról karmákról
ablative karmától karmáktól
non-attributivepossessive – singular karmáé karmáké
non-attributivepossessive – plural karmáéi karmákéi
Derived terms
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  • karmikus

References

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  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Anagrams

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  • kamra, marka

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰarma/
  • Rhymes: -arma

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”).

Noun

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karma n (genitive singular karma, no plural)

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) karma
Declension
[edit] Declension of karma (sg-only neuter)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative karma karmað
accusative karma karmað
dative karma karmanu
genitive karma karmans

Etymology 2

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Noun

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karma

  1. indefinite accusative plural of karmur
  2. indefinite genitive plural of karmur

Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:karmaWikipedia id

Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /karma/
  • Hyphenation: kar‧ma

Noun

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karma

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) karma,
    1. (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
    2. a force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate
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  • karya
  • kerja

Further reading

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  • “karma”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkar.ma/
  • Rhymes: -arma
  • Hyphenation: kàr‧ma

Noun

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karma m (invariable)

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) karma
  2. (colloquial) karma (divine retribution in a non-religious context)

Derived terms

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  • karmico

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:karmaWikipedia pl
karma

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkar.ma/
  • (Lesser Poland):
    • (Lasovia) IPA(key): [ˈkar.ma]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -arma
  • Syllabification: kar‧ma
  • Homophone: Karma

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъrmà.

Noun

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karma f

  1. fodder (food for pets) Synonym: karm Coordinate term: pasza
  2. (Lasovia) hay and straw mix (hay mixed with straw given to cattle)
Usage notes
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In Standard Polish, the term karma is used for pets, whereas pasza is used for other domesticated animals, such as livestock or poultry.

Declension
[edit] Declension of karma
singular plural
nominative karma karmy
genitive karmy karm
dative karmie karmom
accusative karmę karmy
instrumental karmą karmami
locative karmie karmach
vocative karmo karmy
[edit] nouns
  • karmidło
  • pokarm
verb
  • karmić impf

Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कर्मन् (karman). Doublet of karman.

Noun

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karma f

  1. (Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism) karma (total effect of a person's actions and conduct during the successive phases of their existence) Synonym: karman
Declension
[edit] Declension of karma
singular
nominative karma
genitive karmy
dative karmie
accusative karmę
instrumental karmą
locative karmie
vocative karmo

Further reading

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  • 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

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Pronunciation

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  • (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/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkaɻ.ma/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkaɾ.mɐ/
  • Hyphenation: kar‧ma

Noun

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karma m (plural karmas)

  1. alternative spelling of carma

Further reading

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  • “karma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English karma or French karma.

Noun

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karma f (uncountable)

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) karma

Declension

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kârma/
  • Hyphenation: kar‧ma

Noun

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kȁrma m inan (Cyrillic spelling ка̏рма)

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) karma

Declension

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singular plural
nominative kȁrma karme
genitive karme kȃrmā / kȃrmī
dative karmi karmama
accusative karmu karme
vocative karmo karme
locative karmi karmama
instrumental karmom karmama

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkaɾma/ [ˈkaɾ.ma]
  • Rhymes: -aɾma
  • Syllabification: kar‧ma

Noun

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karma m (plural karmas)

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) karma
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  • kármico

Further reading

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  • “karma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्म (kárma), nominative singular of कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkaɾma/ [ˈkaɾ.mɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾma
  • Syllabification: kar‧ma

Noun

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karma (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇ᜔ᜋ)

  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 (force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows)

Derived terms

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  • karmahin
  • makarma

Further reading

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  • “karma”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
  • “karma”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.

Turkish

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Etymology 1

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From Turkish kar- (“to mix”) + -ma.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaɾˈma/

Noun

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karma (definite accusative karmayı, plural karmalar)

  1. verbal noun of karmak; mixing
Declension
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singular plural
nominative karma karmalar
definite accusative karmayı karmaları
dative karmaya karmalara
locative karmada karmalarda
ablative karmadan karmalardan
genitive karmanın karmaların

Adjective

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karma

  1. mixed karma eğitim ― mixed education (coeducation)

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkaɾ.ma/

Verb

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karma

  1. second-person singular negative imperative of karmak

Etymology 3

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Probably from English karma, ultimately from Sanskrit कर्मन् (karman).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkaɾ.ma/

Noun

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karma (definite accusative karmayı, plural karmalar)

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) karma
Declension
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singular plural
nominative karma karmalar
definite accusative karmayı karmaları
dative karmaya karmalara
locative karmada karmalarda
ablative karmadan karmalardan
genitive karmanın karmaların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular plural
1st singular karmam karmalarım
2nd singular karman karmaların
3rd singular karması karmaları
1st plural karmamız karmalarımız
2nd plural karmanız karmalarınız
3rd plural karmaları karmaları
definite accusative
singular plural
1st singular karmamı karmalarımı
2nd singular karmanı karmalarını
3rd singular karmasını karmalarını
1st plural karmamızı karmalarımızı
2nd plural karmanızı karmalarınızı
3rd plural karmalarını karmalarını
dative
singular plural
1st singular karmama karmalarıma
2nd singular karmana karmalarına
3rd singular karmasına karmalarına
1st plural karmamıza karmalarımıza
2nd plural karmanıza karmalarınıza
3rd plural karmalarına karmalarına
locative
singular plural
1st singular karmamda karmalarımda
2nd singular karmanda karmalarında
3rd singular karmasında karmalarında
1st plural karmamızda karmalarımızda
2nd plural karmanızda karmalarınızda
3rd plural karmalarında karmalarında
ablative
singular plural
1st singular karmamdan karmalarımdan
2nd singular karmandan karmalarından
3rd singular karmasından karmalarından
1st plural karmamızdan karmalarımızdan
2nd plural karmanızdan karmalarınızdan
3rd plural karmalarından karmalarından
genitive
singular plural
1st singular karmamın karmalarımın
2nd singular karmanın karmalarının
3rd singular karmasının karmalarının
1st plural karmamızın karmalarımızın
2nd plural karmanızın karmalarınızın
3rd plural karmalarının karmalarının

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