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

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 of a discussion forum, indicating the popularity of their posts with other users.

• duskarma
• karmic
• instant karma

• Karam, Makar, krama, makar

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑr.mɑ/

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• Hyphenation: kar‧ma
• Rhymes: -ɑrmɑ

karma n (uncountable)

1. karma

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

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

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

1. karmic

• karmo (“karma”)

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]
• Hyphenation: kar‧ma

karma

1. karma

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

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. karma

• karmikus

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

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

karma n (genitive singular karma, no plural)

1. karma

karma

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

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/, [ˈkär̺mä]
• Rhymes: -arma
• Stress: kàrma
• Hyphenation: kar‧ma

karma m (invariable)

1. karma

• karmico

• IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ma/

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karma f

1. fodder

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

• pasza

• karmić
• pokarm

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

karma f

1. karma

• karman

• karma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

karma m (plural karmas)

1. Alternative spelling of carma

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

kȁrma m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏рма)

1. karma

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkarma/

karma m (plural karmas)

1. 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 (comparative daha karma, superlative en 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ.ma/

karma (definite accusative karmayı, plural karmalar)

1. karma