धर्म
Sanskrit
noun
Definitions
- morality, virtue, moral code, good deed, good works
- that which is established or firm, steadfast decree, statute, ordinance, law
- usage, practice, customary observance or prescribed conduct, duty
- right, justice (often as a synonym of punishment)
- religion, religious merit
- Law or Justice personified
- the law or doctrine of Buddhism
- the ethical precepts of Buddhism
- the law of Northern Buddhism
- nature, character, peculiar condition or essential quality, property, mark, peculiarity
- a particular ceremony
- sacrifice
- the ninth mansion
- Upanishad
- associating with the virtuous
- religious abstraction, devotion
- bow
- Soma-drinker
- name of the 15th अर्हत् (अर्हत्) of the present अवसर्पिणी (tr=ava-sarpiṇī)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰármas inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰármas inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰér-mos, *dʰer- (hold, support, dirty, dull, bear, roar, hod, hum, drone).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰer-
Gloss
hold, support, dirty, dull, bear, roar, hod, hum, drone
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adharma English
- confirmation English
- confirmative English
- daruma English
- dethrone English
- dhamma English
- dharma English
- dharma talk English
- dharmachakra English
- enthrone English
- infirmary English
- terra firma English
- Firmius Latin
- affirmare Latin
- affirmativus Latin
- confirmare, confirmāre Latin
- drenso Latin
- ferme Latin
- firmis Latin
- firmo Latin
- firmus Latin
- firmāmentum Latin
- formido Latin
- frenum Latin
- frenum, frēnum Latin
- fretus Latin
- frēnulum Latin
- frēnum Latin
- infirmitas Latin
- infirmus Latin
- Firma German
- firm German
- dharma Italian
- fermata Italian
- fermo Italian
- dhamma French
- дхарма Russian
- θρόνος Ancient Greek
- *dher(ə)- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰer-, *dʰer-mos Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰer-mo-s Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰerg- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰér-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰér-mos Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰérmos, *dʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- darma Portuguese
- *dasōjan- Proto-Germanic
- *durô Proto-Germanic
- 法輪 Japanese
- 達磨 Japanese
- 達磨鮫 Japanese
- 雪達磨 Japanese
- dyrnan Old English
- अग्र Sanskrit
- अग्रज Sanskrit
- अधर्म Sanskrit
- चक्र Sanskrit
- धरण Sanskrit
- धरति Sanskrit
- धरिमन् Sanskrit
- धर्मचक्र Sanskrit
- धर्मता Sanskrit
- धर्मिन् Sanskrit
- धार्मिक Sanskrit
- धृ Sanskrit
- ध्रुव Sanskrit
- darma Irish
- *dьržati Proto-Slavic
- ferm Old French
- अधर्म Hindi
- कगार Hindi
- कुलधर्म Hindi
- धरना Hindi
- धरोहर Hindi
- धर्म Hindi
- धर्मग्रंथ Hindi
- धर्मचक्र Hindi
- धर्मपरायण Hindi
- धर्मशाला Hindi
- धर्मार्थ Hindi
- धर्मी Hindi
- धार्मिक Hindi
- विधर्म Hindi
- ธรรม Thai
- ธรรมดา Thai
- ธรรมนูญ Thai
- ธรรมะ Thai
- ธรรมะธัมโม Thai
- นิติธรรม Thai
- ยุติธรรม Thai
- หน้าที่ธรรมจรรยา Thai
- อภิธรรม Thai
- derma Indonesian
- դեռ Old Armenian
- అతిథిధర్మము Telugu
- ధర్మాసుపత్రి Telugu
- agar Malay
- darma Malay
- derma Malay
- ဓမ္မ Burmese
- *darnī gmw-pro
- ধৰ্ম Assamese
- 達摩 Chinese
- adhamma Pali
- agga Pali
- anuñña Pali
- dhamma Pali
- dhammakkhandha Pali
- dhammatā Pali
- dhammo Pali
- ધાર્મિક Gujarati
- *Hwásuš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *dhar- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *dʰar- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *dʰármas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *fermos Proto-Italic
- धर्म Marathi
- ធម៌ Central Khmer
- ធម្ម Central Khmer
- fêr Friulian
- derėti Lithuanian
- *dʰar- Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *dʰármas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- ধরম Bengali
- ধর্ম Bengali
- ধার্মিক Bengali
- ferm Old Occitan
- دھرم Urdu
- 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀮𑁆𑀮 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀸𑀤𑁄 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀥𑀭𑀤𑀺 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀸𑀑 Maharastri Prakrit
- தருமன் Tamil
- தருமம் Tamil
- farm Dalmatian
- دھرم Panjabi, Punjabi
- ਧਰਮ Panjabi, Punjabi
- 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁 Old Persian
- 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎫𐎡𐎹 Old Persian
- 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Old Persian
- agradharma Tocharian B
- agrakulike Tocharian B
- angla Romani
- 𑀅𑀕 Ashokan Prakrit
- 𑀥𑀁𑀫 Ashokan Prakrit
- आगलि Old Gujarati
- ᬥᬃᬫ Balinese
- अघि Nepali
- धर्म Nepali
- darma ms-cla
- derma ms-cla
- અગિયા Vaghri
- धर्म Newari
- ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ Santali
- दोहोरोम Bodo (India)