Where does “ഓം” come from?

ഓം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit ॐ, from Sanskrit ओ — ow, ouch.

ഓം (Malayalam): om; ॐ

Definitions

  1. om; ॐ

Ancestry of “ഓം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritॐom; aum; the sacred syllable and mantra in...
2Sanskritओow, ouch
Every word from Sanskrit ओ →Every word from Sanskrit ॐ →
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