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ॐ	U+0950, ॐ DEVANAGARI OM

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[U+094F]

Devanagari

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[U+0951]

Character variations

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🕉	U+1F549, 🕉 OM SYMBOL

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[U+1F548]

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[U+1F54A]

Translingual

Design

A ligature of the letters अ and उ, with the diacritic ँ.

Symbol

ॐ

om or aum: the sacred syllable and mantra in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism

Bengali

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /om/, [ˈoːm], [ˈom], /õm/, [ˈõm], /oũm/, [ˈoũm]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /om/, [ˈoːm], [ˈom], /õm/, [ˈõm], /om/, [ˈom], /ou̯m/, [ˈou̯m]

Noun

ॐ • (om̐)

Alternative spelling of ওঁ (ō̃)

Hindi

Alternative forms

ओम् (om)

Etymology

From Sanskrit ॐ (oṃ)

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /oːm/, [õːm]

Interjection

ॐ • (om) (Urdu spelling اوم)

the sacred syllable and mantra in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism

Noun

ॐ • (om) m (Urdu spelling اوم)

om; aum

Declension

Declension of ॐ (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	ॐ om
oblique	ॐ om
vocative	ॐ om

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

ओम् (óm)

Alternative scripts

ওঁ (Assamese script)
ᬒᬁ (Balinese script)
ওঁ (Bengali script)
𑰌𑰼 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀑𑀁 (Brahmi script)
ဥုံ (Burmese script)
ૐ (Gujarati script)
ੴ (Gurmukhi script)
𑍐 (Grantha script)
ꦎꦴꦀ (Javanese script)
ಓಂ (Kannada script)
ឱំ (Khmer script)
ໂອໍ (Lao script)
ഓമ് (Malayalam script)
ᢀᠣ (Manchu script)
𑘌𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢀᠣᠸᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦬𑧞 (Nandinagari script)
𑑉 (Newa script)
ଓମ୍ (Odia script)
𑆏𑆀 (Sharada script)
𑖌𑖼 (Siddham script)
ඕම් (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩕𑪖 (Soyombo script)
ௐ (Tamil script)
ఓం (Telugu script)
โอํ (Thai script)
ཨོཾ (Tibetan script)
𑓇 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨆𑨸 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology disputed.

A. Parpola proposes borrowing from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *ām (“let it be so, it is so, yes”), a contraction of *ākum, cognate with Tamil ஆம் (ām, “yes”).
M. Blumfield proposes derivation from Proto-Indo-European *au (introductory particle) via *ō >* ōṃ > ōm, cognate with Ancient Greek αὖ (aû).
The Upaniṣads propose multiple Sanskrit etymologies, including: from आम् (ām, “yes”); from एवम् (evam, “that, thus, yes”); and from आप् (āp, “to attain”) or अव् (av, “to urge”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́wm/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /oːm/

Interjection

ॐ • (óṃ)

the sacred syllable and mantra in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism: om, aum

Descendants

Bengali: ওঁ (ō̃)
Burmese: ဥုံ
Chinese: 唵 (ǎn)
English: om
Khmer: ៚
Hindi: ॐ (om)
Japanese: 唵 (on)
Malayalam: ഓം (ōṁ)
Kannada: ಓಂ (ōṃ)
Tamil: ௐ
Telugu: ఓం (ōṁ)
Thai: โอม (oom)
Tibetan: ཨོཾ (oṃ)
Sundanese: ᮃᮅᮙ᮪ (aum)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “ॐ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 235, column 3.