carma

See also: ĉarma and cârmă

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• karma

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् (karman).

Pronunciation

 

• (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: car‧ma

Noun

carma m (plural carmas)

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 (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