carma

See also: ĉarma and cârmă

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् (karman).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkaʁ.mɐ/ [ˈkaɦ.mɐ]

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʁmɐ, (Portugal) -aɾmɐ
  • Hyphenation: car‧ma

Noun

carma m (plural carmas)

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) karma (the total effect of a person’s actions and conduct during the successive phases of his existence)
  2. karma (a force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate)
  • cármico

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