karma

Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”), first attested in English in 1785 in a translation of the Bhagavad Gita by Charles Wilkins.

• enPR: kärʹ-mə, IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹmə/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [ˈkɑː.mə]

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• (US) IPA^(key): [ˈkɑɹ.mə]
• (India) IPA^(key): [ˈkəɾm(ə)]
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mə
• Hyphenation: kar‧ma
• Homophones: cama, calmer (non-rhotic)

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.

• “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.

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

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

karmá f (plural karmoomí f)

1. autumn rainy season

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

• 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”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkar.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkarma]

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

karma f

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

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

karma f

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

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

From 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") [1] from 1925-28, published by Otava, Helsinki.

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

karma

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

• “karma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[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

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IPA^(key): /kaʁ.ma/

karma m (plural karmas)

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

• “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

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-attributive possessive - singular	karmáé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	karmáéi	—

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

karma

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

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-attributive possessive - singular	karmáé	karmáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	karmáéi	karmákéi

• 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

Declension of karma
n-w	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	karma	karmað
accusative	karma	karmað
dative	karma	karmanu
genitive	karma	karmans

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: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of 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
• Homophone: Karma

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъrmà.

karma f

1. fodder (food for pets)

   Synonym: karm

   Coordinate term: pasza

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

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

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

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

• Hyphenation: kar‧ma

karma m (plural karmas)

1. Alternative spelling of carma

Borrowed from English karma or French karma.

karma f (uncountable)

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

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• 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

• “karma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

From Turkish kar- (“to mix”) + -ma.

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈma/

karma (definite accusative karmayı, plural karmalar)

1. mixing

Inflection
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

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

Inflection
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
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