karma

Meaning

1. (Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, invariable, masculine) karma
2. (colloquial, invariable, masculine) karma (divine retribution in a non-religious context)

Concepts

karma

Translations

karma

karma

κάρμα

karma

Karma

كارما

karma

Carma

Hyphenated as

kàr‧ma

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkar.ma/

Etymology

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”).