karma
Syllables: kar·ma/ˈkɑː.mə/
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India/ˈkɐɾ.mɑː/
karma noun: the sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.
Noun
karma (countable and uncountable, plural karmas)
- The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.
- ‘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.’2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, pages 59-60
- A force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate.
- A distinctive feeling, aura, or atmosphere.
- That means everything from lighting to the vibes, the karma of the room.2001, Inside the Hits, page 307
- 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 that2006, Chase Sargent, From Buddy to Boss, page 219
- A score assigned to a user or post on some discussion forums, indicating popularity or perceived value.
Proper noun capitalized: Karma
Karma
- A female given name.
karma meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
karma in Hindi
- the total effect of a person’s actions and conduct during the successive phases of his existence
- कर्म karm
karma in Tamil
- the total effect of a person’s actions and conduct during the successive phases of his existence
- கர்மம் karmam, வினை viṉai
karma in Marathi
- कर्म, कर्माचा
karma in Urdu
- the total effect of a person’s actions and conduct during the successive phases of his existence
- کرم karm, karma
More languagesFewer languages
- karma in Bengali
- কর্মফল kormophol
- karma in Telugu
- కర్మ karma
- karma in Malayalam
- കർമ്മം kaṟmmaṁ
- karma in Kannada
- ಕರ್ಮ karma
- karma in Punjabi
- ਕਰਮ karam
- karma in Gujarati
- કર્મ karma
- karma in Sanskrit
- कर्मन् karman
- karma in Sinhala
- කර්ම karma
- karma in Nepali
- कर्म
- karma in Tagalog
- karma
- karma in Arabic
- كَارْمَا kārmā
- karma in Malay
- karma
- karma in Persian
- کارما kârmâ, کرمه karme
- karma in Thai
- กรรม gam
- karma in Vietnamese
- nghiệp, nghiệp chướng, yết-ma
- karma in Myanmar
- ကံ kam, ကြမ္မာ kramma
Examples of karma in a sentence
- You will lose good karma if you say bad things behind people's backs.
- The best revenge is always to just happily move on and let karma do the rest.
- Creating and designing asthetically pleasing maps to share on Reddit for updoots and karma.
Forms of karma
| plural | karmas |
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Origin of karma
Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्म (kárma), nom.sg. of कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”); first attested in English in 1785 in a translation of the Bhagavad Gita by Charles Wilkins.
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Questions about karma
- What does karma mean?
- Karma means the sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.
- What is karma in Hindi?
- Karma in Hindi is कर्म (karm). See Karma meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is karma?
- Karma can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce karma?
- Karma is pronounced /ˈkɐɾ.mɑː/ (India).
- What is the plural of karma?
- The plural of karma is karmas.
Words near karma in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: karma (page history and authors); Karma (page history and authors); karma (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); કર્મ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); karma (Nepali, 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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