a sacred syllable typifying the three gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva, who are concerned in the threefold operation of integration, maintenance, and disintegration
Word origin
from Sanskrit
OM in British English
abbreviation for
1. (in Britain)
Order of Merit
2.
Oman (international car registration)
symbol for
3. currency
(the former) Ostmark
OM in American English
Order of Merit
om in American English
(oʊm)
noun
Hinduism
a word of affirmation or assent intoned as part of a mantra or as a symbolic mystical utterance during meditation