ஓம்
Appearance
See also: -ஓம்
Tamil
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *ām (“yes, let it be so”), a contraction of Proto-Dravidian *ākum (“it will be so, it shall be so”, see ஆகு (āku, “to become”), ஆகும் (ākum)), Doublet of ஆம் (ām) and ஆமாம் (āmām). Compare Sanskrit आम् (ām, “yes”).
Particle
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit ॐ (oṃ), see there for further etymology.
Noun
[edit]ஓம் • (ōm)
See also
[edit]- (symbol) ௐ (oṃ)
References
[edit]- Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “ஓம்”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]