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dharma

/ˈdɑː.mə/

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South Asia/d̪hərm(ɑ)/

dharma noun: the natural order of the universe; natural law, cosmic order.

Noun (1)

dharma (countable and uncountable, plural dharmas)

  1. (Hinduism, Jainism) The natural order of the universe; natural law, cosmic order.
    Antonyms:
    adharma
  2. (Hinduism) One's obligation in respect to one's position in society, or the universe; one's duty, societally or cosmically.
  3. The teachings of the Buddha as one's personal path to enlightenment.
  4. The teachings of the Buddha as a practice to be promulgated and taught.
  5. (Jainism) Rule of conduct.
    • Jain ethical code prescribes two dharmas or rules of conduct.2016 June 25, Wikipedia contributors, “Five Vows”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation

Noun (2) capitalized: Dharma

Dharma

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of dharma.

dharma meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

dharma in Hindi

principle that orders the universe
धर्म dharm, कर्तव्य kartavya, निरंजन nirañjan

dharma in Tamil

principle that orders the universe
தருமம் tarumam

dharma in Marathi

teachings of the Buddha
धर्म dharma
principle that orders the universe
धर्म dharma

dharma in Urdu

principle that orders the universe
دَھرْم dharm
More languagesFewer languages
dharma in Bengali
নিরঁজন nirõjon, ধর্ম dhormo
dharma in Telugu
ధర్మము dharmamu
dharma in Malayalam
ധർമ്മം dhaṟmmaṁ
dharma in Kannada
ಧರ್ಮ dharma
dharma in Punjabi
ਧਰਮਾ
dharma in Gujarati
ધર્મ dharma
dharma in Odia
ଧର୍ମ dharma
dharma in Sanskrit
धर्म dharma
dharma in Nepali
धर्म dharma
dharma in Arabic
دَارْمَا dārmā
dharma in Malay
darma
dharma in Thai
ธรรม tam, ธรรมะ tam-má
dharma in Vietnamese
pháp, Phật pháp
dharma in Myanmar
ဓမ္မ dhamma., တရား ta.ra:

Antonyms of dharma

Forms of dharma

pluraldharmas
alternative formDharma

Plural of dharma: dharmas

Origin of dharma

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit धर्म (dhárma, “that which upholds or supports”). The definitions pertaining to Buddhism are influenced by dhamma, a loan word from Pali. Doublet of dhamma and firm.

Words formed from dharma

Phrases with dharma

Words that rhyme with dharma

Questions about dharma

What does dharma mean?
Dharma means the natural order of the universe; natural law, cosmic order.
What is dharma in Hindi?
Dharma in Hindi is धर्म (dharm), कर्तव्य (kartavya), निरंजन (nirañjan). See Dharma meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is dharma?
Dharma is a noun.
How do you pronounce dharma?
Dharma is pronounced /d̪hərm(ɑ)/ (South Asia).
What is the plural of dharma?
The plural of dharma is dharmas.

Words near dharma in the dictionary

  1. dharani
  2. dharanis
  3. Dharavandhoo
  4. Dharavi
  5. Dharawal
  6. dharma
  7. Dharma doll
  8. Dharma dolls
  9. dharma talk
  10. dharma talks
  11. dharmachakra

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dharma (page history and authors); Dharma (page history and authors); dharma (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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