karma

Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː(ɹ).mə/

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation

Etymology

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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