ॐ

ॐ U+0950, ॐ DEVANAGARI OM ← ॏ [U+094F] Devanagari ◌॑ → [U+0951]

Character variations

Text style	Emoji style
🕉︎	🕉️
Text style is forced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩.
🕉 U+1F549, 🕉 OM SYMBOL ← 🕈 [U+1F548] Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs 🕊 → [U+1F54A]

Translingual

Ligature

ॐ (oṃ)

1. A ligature of the letters अ (a) and उ (u), with the diacritic of nasal vowel ँ (ṃ).

Symbol

ॐ

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

Coordinate terms

(emojis used by Hindus as symbols)

• 🏹
• 🔱
• 🚩

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)

1. alternative spelling of ওঁ (ō̃)

Hindi

Alternative forms

• ओम् (om)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ॐ (oṃ)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /oːm/, [õːm]

Interjection

ॐ • (om) (Urdu spelling اوم)

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

Noun

ॐ • (om) m (Urdu spelling اوم)

1. om; aum

Declension

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

	singular
direct	ॐ om
oblique	ॐ om
vocative	ॐ om

Marathi

Alternative forms

• ओम् (om)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ॐ (oṃ). First attested as Old Marathi ॐ (oṃ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /om/

Interjection

ॐ • (om)

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

Noun

ॐ • (om) m

1. om; aum

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• ओँ (óm̐), ओम् (óm), ꣽ (óm), ओ३म् (ó3m)

Alternative scripts

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 (ā́m, “yes”); from ए॒वम् (evám, “that; thus; yes”); and from आप् (āp, “to attain”) or अव् (av, “to urge”).

Possibly cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *aum- (“mind”), Lithuanian aumuõ (“mind”), Old Church Slavonic оумъ (umŭ, “intellect”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́u̯m/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /oːm/

Interjection

ॐ • (óṃ or óm̐)

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

Descendants

• Assamese: ওঁ (ü̃), ঔঁ (oũ)
• Bengali: ওঁ (ō̃), ঔঁ (ōũ), ওম (ōm), ওম্ (ōm), ওঁম (ō̃m), ওঁম্ (ō̃m), ॐ (om̐)
• Burmese: ဥုံ
• Chinese: 唵 (ǎn)
• → English: om, aum
• Hindi: ॐ (om), ओम् (om)
• Kannada: ಓಂ (ōṃ)
• Khmer: ៚
• Old Marathi: ॐ (oṃ)
• Japanese: 唵 (on)
• Malayalam: ഓം (ōṁ)
• Marathi: ॐ (om), ओम् (om)
• Odia: ଓଁ (õ)
• Sundanese: aum
• Tamil: ௐ (ōm), ஓம் (ōm)
• Telugu: ఓం (ōṁ)
• Thai: โอม (oom)
• Tibetan: ཨོཾ (oṃ)
• Urdu: اوم (om)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “ओम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 235, column 3.
• Wackernagel, Jakob (1896-1964), Altindische Grammatik [Grammar of Ancient Indian] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher)‎^[2] (in German), Vol. I: Lautlehre, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, published 1896, 259bγ, page 302