dhamma

See also: dhammā

English

dhamma (countable and uncountable, plural dhammas)

Borrowed from Pali dhamma.

dhamma m (usually uncountable, plural dhammas)

FWOTD – 28 July 2016

From Vedic Sanskrit धर्म (dhárma), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰármas, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰérmos.

dhamma m

truth, righteousness
doctrine, teachings
1. (Buddhism) teachings of the Buddha
  - c. 300 BCE, Gautama Buddha, Dhammapada
    Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā, manoseṭṭhā manomayā […]
morality, goodness

Declension table of "dhamma" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	dhammo	dhammā
Accusative (second)	dhammaṃ	dhamme
Instrumental (third)	dhammena	dhammehi or dhammebhi
Dative (fourth)	dhammassa or dhammāya or dhammatthaṃ	dhammānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	dhammasmā or dhammamhā or dhammā	dhammehi or dhammebhi
Genitive (sixth)	dhammassa	dhammānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	dhammasmiṃ or dhammamhi or dhamme	dhammesu
Vocative (calling)	dhamma	dhammā

dhamma in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)

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