karma

Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”), first attested in English in 1827.

• enPR: kärʹ-mə, IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹmə/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [ˈkɑː.mə]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [ˈkɑɹ.mə]
  • (Indian English) IPA^(key): [ˈkəɾm(ə)]
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mə
• Hyphenation: kar‧ma
• Homophones: cama, calmer (in non-rhotic accents)

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.
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.

• duskarma
• karmic
• karmic debt
• instant karma

• karma at OneLook Dictionary Search
• karma in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• karma in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

• Karam, Makar, krama, makar

• IPA^(key): /kʌɾˈmʌ/
• Hyphenation: kar‧ma

karmá f (plural karmoomí f)

1. autumn rainy season

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

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

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ.mə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.mə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ.ma/

karma m (plural karmes)

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

• kàrmic

• “karma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑr.mɑ/

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• Hyphenation: kar‧ma
• Rhymes: -ɑrmɑ

karma n (uncountable)

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

• karmisch

karmo +‎ -a

• IPA^(key): [ˈkarma]
• Rhymes: -arma
• Hyphenation: kar‧ma

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

1. karmic

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.

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

karma

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

karma m (plural karmas)

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

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

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

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

karma

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of karom

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

karma

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

• karmikus

• kamra, marka

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰarma]
• Rhymes: -arma

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

karma n (genitive singular karma, no plural)

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

karma

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

From Sanskrit कर्म (karma), कर्मन् (karman), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kárma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kárma, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”).

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

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.

• “karma” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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”).

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

karma m (invariable)

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

• karmico

• IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ma/

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• Rhymes: -arma
• Syllabification: kar‧ma

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъrmà.

karma f

1. fodder

   Synonyms: karm, pasza

The term karma is used for pets, whereas pasza is used for other domesticated animals such as livestock or poultry.

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

karma f

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

   Synonym: karman

• karma in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• karma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

karma m (plural karmas)

1. Alternative spelling of carma

From English karma or French karma.

karma f (uncountable)

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

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

kȁrma m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏рма)

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

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

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

karma m (plural karmas)

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

• kármico

• “karma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From Turkish kar- (“to mix”) + -ma.

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈma/

karma (definite accusative karmayı, plural karmalar)

1. mixing

karma

1. mixed

   karma eğitim ― mixed education (coeducation)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ.ma/

karma

1. second-person singular negative imperative of karmak

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ.ma/

karma (definite accusative karmayı, plural karmalar)

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