dharma

dharma

See also: Dharma

English

Alternative forms

• Dharma

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit धर्म (dhárma, “that which upholds or supports”). The definitions pertaining to Buddhism are influenced by dhamma, a loan word from Pali. Doublet of dhamma and firm.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːmə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑɹ.mə/
• (Indian English) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ʱəɾ.mə/, /d̪ʱəɾm/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mə

Noun

dharma (countable and uncountable, plural dharmas)

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) The natural order of the universe; natural law, cosmic order.

   Antonym: adharma

2. (Hinduism) One's obligation in respect to one's position in society, or the universe; one's duty, societally or cosmically.
3. (Buddhism) The teachings of the Buddha as one's personal path to enlightenment.
4. (Buddhism) The teachings of the Buddha as a practice to be promulgated and taught.

Derived terms

• Buddha dharma
• dharma talk
• dharmic, Dharmic

Related terms

• Sanatana Dharma ("the eternal way, Hinduism")

Translations

principle that orders the universe

Arabic: دَارْمَا‎ (dārmā) Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀥𑀁𑀫 (dhaṃma) Balinese: ᬥᬃᬫ (dharma) Bengali: নিরঁজন (nirỗjônô), ধর্ম (bn) (dhôrmô) Bhojpuri: धर्म (dharma) Burmese: ဓမ္မ (my) (dhamma.), တရား (my) (ta.ra:) Chakma: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 法 (zh) (fǎ) Czech: dharma f Doteli: धर्म (dharma) Dutch: dharma Esperanto: darmo (eo) Finnish: dharma French: dharma (fr) m German: Dharma Greek: ντάρμα (dárma) Ancient Greek: εὐσέβειᾰ (eusébeia) Gujarati: ધર્મ (dharma) Hindi: धर्म (hi) m (dharm), कर्तव्य (hi) m (kartavya), निरंजन (hi) m (nirañjan) Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: 法 (ja) (ほう, hō) Javanese: please add this translation if you can Kachchi: ધર્મ (dharma) Kannada: ಧರ್ಮ (kn) (dharma) Khmer: ធម៌ (km) (thɔə), ធម្ម (km) (thŏəm) Konkani: धर्म (dharma) Korean: 법(法) (ko) (beop) Lao: ທຳ (tham), ທັມ (tham) Lü: ᦒᧄ (tham) Maithili: धर्म (dharma) Malay: darma Malayalam: ധർമ്മം (ml) (dhaṟmmaṃ) Manchu: please add this translation if you can Marathi: धर्म (mr) m (dharma) Mon: please add this translation if you can Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Nepali: धर्म (dharma) Northern Thai: ᨵᩢᨾ᩠ᨾ᩺ Oriya: ଧର୍ମ (or) (dhôrmô) Pali: dhamma Polish: dharma (pl) f Portuguese: darma (pt) m Russian: дха́рма (ru) f (dxárma) Sanskrit: धर्म (sa) m (dharma) Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀥𑀫𑁆𑀫 (dhamma) Shan: ထမ်ႇမႃႉ (thàm mâ̰a), ထမ်ႇ (thàm) Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can Slovak: dharma f Spanish: dharma m Sylheti: ꠗꠞ꠆ꠝꠧ (dórmo) Tamil: தருமம் (ta) (tarumam) Telugu: ధర్మము (te) (dharmamu) Thai: ธรรม (th) (tam), ธรรมะ (th) (tam-má) Tibetan: ལྷ་ཆོས (lha chos) Urdu: دھرم‎ m (dharm) Vietnamese: pháp (vi)

teachings of the Buddha

Burmese: ဓမ္မ (my) (dhamma.), တရား (my) (ta.ra:) Chinese: Mandarin: 法 (zh) (fǎ) Finnish: dharma Japanese: 法 (ja) (ほう, hō) Khmer: ធម៌ (km) (tʰoa) Korean: 법(法) (ko) (beop) Lao: ທຳ (tham) Lü: ᦒᧄ (tham) Malay: darma Mongolian: ном (mn) (nom) Polish: dharma (pl) f Portuguese: darma (pt) m Russian: дха́рма (ru) f (dxárma) Thai: ธรรม (th) (tam) Tibetan: ཆོས (chos) Vietnamese: pháp (vi)

See also

• karma

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Balinese

Romanization

dharma

1. Romanization of ᬥᬃᬫ

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Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit धर्म (dharma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑr.maː/
• Hyphenation: dhar‧ma
• Rhymes: -ɑrmaː

Noun

dharma m (uncountable)

1. dharma (order of the universe, society, etc.; one's social or religious duty in Hinduism; teachings of the Buddha)

Derived terms

• dharmisch

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Irish

Noun

dharma m (genitive singular dharma)

1. Alternative spelling of darma

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit धर्म (dharma, “that which upholds or supports”). Doublet of firma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdar.ma/
• Rhymes: -arma
• Hyphenation: dhàr‧ma

Noun

dharma m (invariable)

1. dharma

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Portuguese

Noun

dharma m (plural dharmas)

1. Alternative spelling of darma