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Added 10 October 2026

karma

/ˈkɐɾ.mɑː/ noun

First recorded: 1785 Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about karma at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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

Origin

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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