dharma

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• South-Asia: /d̪hərm(ɑ)/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɑː.mə/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• General-American: /ˈdɑɹ.mə/
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• rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)mə
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• CMU ARPABET: D AA1 R M AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: دَارْمَا (dārmā) — principle that orders the universe
• Balinese: dharma — principle that orders the universe
• Bengali: নিরঁজন (nirõjon) — principle that orders the universe
• Bengali: ধর্ম (dhormo) — principle that orders the universe
• Bhojpuri: धर्म (dharma) — principle that orders the universe
• Burmese: ဓမ္မ (dhamma.) — principle that orders the universe
• Burmese: တရား (ta.ra:) — principle that orders the universe
• Chinese Mandarin: 法 (fǎ) — principle that orders the universe
• Czech: dharma — principle that orders the universe
• Doteli: धर्म (dharma) — principle that orders the universe
• Dutch: dharma — principle that orders the universe
• Esperanto: darmo — principle that orders the universe
• Finnish: dharma — principle that orders the universe
• French: dharma — principle that orders the universe
• German: Dharma — principle that orders the universe
• Greek: ντάρμα (ntárma) — principle that orders the universe
• Ancient Greek: εὐσέβειᾰ (eusébeiă) — principle that orders the universe
• Gujarati: ધર્મ (dharma) — principle that orders the universe
• Hindi: धर्म (dharm) — principle that orders the universe
• Hindi: कर्तव्य (kartavya) — principle that orders the universe
• Hindi: निरंजन (nirañjan) — principle that orders the universe
• Japanese: 法 (hō) — principle that orders the universe
• Kachchi: ધર્મ (dharma) — principle that orders the universe
• Kannada: ಧರ್ಮ (dharma) — principle that orders the universe
• Khmer: ធម៌ (thɔə) — principle that orders the universe
• Khmer: ធម្ម (thŏəm) — principle that orders the universe
• Konkani: धर्म (dharma) — principle that orders the universe
• Korean: 법 (beop) — principle that orders the universe
• Lao: ທໍາ (tham) — principle that orders the universe
• Lao: ທັມ (tham) — principle that orders the universe
• Lü: ᦒᧄ (tham) — principle that orders the universe
• Maithili: धर्म (dharma) — principle that orders the universe
• Malay: darma — principle that orders the universe
• Malayalam: ധർമ്മം (dhaṟmmaṁ) — principle that orders the universe
• Marathi: धर्म (dharma) — principle that orders the universe
• Nepali: धर्म (dharma) — principle that orders the universe
• Odia: ଧର୍ମ (dharma) — principle that orders the universe
• Pali: dhamma — principle that orders the universe
• Polish: dharma — principle that orders the universe
• Portuguese: darma — principle that orders the universe
• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀥𑀁𑀫 (dhaṃma) — principle that orders the universe
• Russian: дха́рма (dxárma) — principle that orders the universe
• Sanskrit: धर्म (dharma) — principle that orders the universe
• Shan: ထမ်ႇမႃႉ (thàm mâ̰a) — principle that orders the universe
• Shan: ထမ်ႇ (thàm) — principle that orders the universe
• Slovak: dharma — principle that orders the universe
• Spanish: dharma — principle that orders the universe
• Sylheti: ꠗꠞ꠆ꠝꠧ (dórmo) — principle that orders the universe
• Tamil: தருமம் (tarumam) — principle that orders the universe
• Telugu: ధర్మము (dharmamu) — principle that orders the universe
• Thai: ธรรม (tam) — principle that orders the universe
• Thai: ธรรมะ (tam-má) — principle that orders the universe
• Northern Thai: ᨵᩢᨾ᩠ᨾ᩺ — principle that orders the universe
• Tibetan: ལྷ་ཆོས (lha chos) — principle that orders the universe
• Urdu: دھرم (dharm) — principle that orders the universe
• Vietnamese: pháp — principle that orders the universe
• Burmese: ဓမ္မ (dhamma.) — teachings of the Buddha
• Burmese: တရား (ta.ra:) — teachings of the Buddha
• Chinese Mandarin: 法 (fǎ) — teachings of the Buddha
• Finnish: dharma — teachings of the Buddha
• Japanese: 法 (hō) — teachings of the Buddha
• Khmer: ធម៌ (thoa) — teachings of the Buddha
• Korean: 법 (beop) — teachings of the Buddha
• Lao: ທໍາ (tham) — teachings of the Buddha
• Lü: ᦒᧄ (tham) — teachings of the Buddha
• Malay: darma — teachings of the Buddha
• Marathi: धर्म (dharma) — teachings of the Buddha
• Mongolian: ном (nom) — teachings of the Buddha
• Polish: dharma — teachings of the Buddha
• Portuguese: darma — teachings of the Buddha
• Russian: дха́рма (dxárma) — teachings of the Buddha
• Thai: ธรรม (tam) — teachings of the Buddha
• Tibetan: ཆོས (chos) — teachings of the Buddha
• Vietnamese: pháp — teachings of the Buddha
• Vietnamese: Phật pháp — teachings of the Buddha