Meaning

4 senses
  1. (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

  2. (countable, uncountable)A force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate.

    Schicksal

    ка́рмаkárma

  3. (countable, uncommon, uncountable)A distinctive feeling, aura, or atmosphere.

  4. (Internet, countable, uncountable)A score assigned to a user or post on some discussion forums, indicating popularity or perceived value.

Examples

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  1. I don't believe in karma.

    Я не вірю в карму.

    ruЯ не верю в карму.

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  2. Do you believe in karma?

    ruТы веришь в карму?

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  3. That's bad karma.

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  4. Sami started to believe in karma.

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  5. He got a dose of karma.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the total effect of a person’s actions and conduct during the successive phases of his existence:
Русский
By meaning 1
the total effect of a person’s actions and conduct during the successive phases of his existence:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the total effect of a person’s actions and conduct during the successive phases of his existence:
destiny, fate:

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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