karma
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”), first attested in English in 1785 in a translation of the Bhagavad Gita by Charles Wilkins.
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: kärʹ-mə, IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹmə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): [ˈkɑɹ.mə]
- (India) IPA(key): [ˈkəɾm(ə)]
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mə
- Hyphenation: kar‧ma
- Homophones: cama, calmer (non-rhotic)
Noun
[edit]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.
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References
[edit]- “karma”, in 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, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Afar
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]karmá f (plural karmoomí f)
Declension
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absolutive | karmá | |||||||||||||||||
predicative | karmá | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | karmá | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | karmá | |||||||||||||||||
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References
[edit]- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “karma”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]karma m (plural karmes)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “karma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From a commercial name that comes from abbreviated name of its inventor Karel Macháček
Noun
[edit]karma f
- (technology) tankless water heater, instantaneous water heater
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”).
Noun
[edit]karma f
Declension
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”), possibly via English karma.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]karma n (uncountable)
Derived terms
[edit]Esperanto
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]karma (accusative singular karman, plural karmaj, accusative plural karmajn)
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]karma
Declension
[edit]Inflection of karma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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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 | karmojen karmain rare | |
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. |
Further reading
[edit]- “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 2023-07-02
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]karma m (plural karmas)
Further reading
[edit]- “karma”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]karom (“claw”) + -a (possessive suffix)
Noun
[edit]karma
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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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-attributive possessive - singular |
karmáé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
karmáéi | — |
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”).[1]
Noun
[edit]karma
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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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-attributive possessive - singular |
karmáé | karmáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
karmáéi | karmákéi |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]Icelandic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”).
Noun
[edit]karma n (genitive singular karma, no plural)
Declension
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]karma
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]karma
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “karma” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]karma m (invariable)
Derived terms
[edit]Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъrmà.
Noun
[edit]karma f
Usage notes
[edit]The term karma is used for pets, whereas pasza is used for other domesticated animals, such as livestock or poultry.
Declension
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- karmić impf
Etymology 2
[edit]Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कर्मन् (karman). Doublet of karman.
Noun
[edit]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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- karma in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- karma in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- karma in PWN's encyclopedia
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: kar‧ma
Noun
[edit]karma m (plural karmas)
- Alternative spelling of carma
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English karma or French karma.
Noun
[edit]karma f (uncountable)
Declension
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Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kȁrma m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏рма)
Declension
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]karma m (plural karmas)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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], 2024 December 10
Turkish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Turkish kar- (“to mix”) + -ma.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]karma (definite accusative karmayı, plural karmalar)
Declension
[edit]Inflection | ||
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Nominative | karma | |
Definite accusative | karmayı | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | karma | karmalar |
Definite accusative | karmayı | karmaları |
Dative | karmaya | karmalara |
Locative | karmada | karmalarda |
Ablative | karmadan | karmalardan |
Genitive | karmanın | karmaların |
Adjective
[edit]karma
- mixed
- karma eğitim ― mixed education (coeducation)
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]karma
Etymology 3
[edit]Probably from English karma, ultimately from Sanskrit कर्मन् (karman).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]karma (definite accusative karmayı, plural karmalar)
Declension
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Nominative | karma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | karmayı | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Definite accusative | karmayı | karmaları | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | karmaya | karmalara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | karmada | karmalarda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | karmadan | karmalardan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | karmanın | karmaların | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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