karma
The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in…The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.
» I don't believe in karma.
Я не верю в карму.
Я не вірю в карму.
Meaning
4 senses(Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, countable, uncountable)The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.
Karma
ка́рмаkárma
ка́рмаkárma
(Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine their destiny in their next incarnation
(countable, uncountable)A force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate.
Schicksal
ка́рмаkárma
(countable, uncommon, uncountable)A distinctive feeling, aura, or atmosphere.
(Internet, countable, uncountable)A score assigned to a user or post on some discussion forums, indicating popularity or perceived value.
Examples
37 sentencesI don't believe in karma.
Я не вірю в карму.
ruЯ не верю в карму.
Do you believe in karma?
ruТы веришь в карму?
That's bad karma.
Sami started to believe in karma.
He got a dose of karma.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्म (kárma), nom.sg. of कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”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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Forms
plural: karmasWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable