Aum

By Jit Majumdar

1. to say out loudly
2. a pluti, or an overlong vowel in Sanskrit and other Indic alphabets, rendered as, written as the 12th vowel of the Devanāgari alphabet with the diacritic anusvāra;
3. the syllable called praņava, which means “a humming or droning shout or sound of praise”, which is considered as the sound- representation of the all-encompassing Supreme Being, the Absolute Existence-Consciousness, and the primordial and original vibration out of which manifested creation came into existence, and which is the primary representative symbol for all Indic religions, sects and traditions.

Aum in different languages and scripts

Chart of aum in various Indian languages and scripts. Special thanks to Acharya Dr. S. Ramakrishna Sharma for his book.

#	Official Omkar(s)	Word	Language	Language Family	Script
1	ॐ	औम्	Sanskrit	Indo-European	Devanagari
2	ऊँ	औम्	Sanskrit	Indo-European	Devanagari
3	ꣽ	ओ३म्	Sanskrit	Indo-European	Devanagari
4	𑖍𑖼	𑖍𑖦	Sanskrit	Indo-European	Siddham
5	𑍐	𑌔𑌮𑍍	Sanskrit	Indo-European	Grantha
6	𑦭𑧆𑧠	[same]	Sanskrit	Indo-European	Nandinagari
7	𑰍𑰼	𑰍𑰦	Sanskrit	Indo-European	Bhaiksuki
8	[see chart]	[see chart]	Sanskrit	Indo-European	Gupta
9	𑜒𑜪𑜤	𑜒𑜤𑜉𑜫	Ahom	Tai-Kadai	Ahom
10	[see chart]	[see chart]	Apatani	Tibeto-Burman	Tani
11	[see chart]	[see chart]	Asamiya	Indo-European	Kamarupi
12	[see chart]	[see chart]	Bagada	Dravidian	Bagadu
13	[see chart]	[see chart]	Bajjika	Indo-European	Purva Licchavi
14	[see chart]	[see chart]	Balti	Tibeto-Burman	Balti A
15	[see chart]	[see chart]	Balti	Tibeto-Burman	Balti B
16	[see chart]	[see chart]	Bantawa	Tibeto-Burman	Kirant Khambu Rai Barṇamala
17	ওঁ	ঔম্	Bengali	Indo-European	Bengali-Asamiya
18	[see chart]	[see chart]	Bhumij	Austroasiatic	Ol Onal
19	𑄃𑄮𑄀	𑄏𑄚𑄁	Chakma	Indo-European	Chakma
20	[see chart]	[see chart]	Dhimal	Tibeto-Burman	Dham
21	𑤀𑤳𑤼	𑤀𑤳𑤤	Dhivehi	Indo-European	Dives Akuru
22	𑚈𑚫	𑑖𑑁𑑕	Dogri	Indo-European	Takri
23	𐭐𐭎𐭅	[same]	Gandhari	Indo-European	Kharoshthi
24	[see chart]	[see chart]	Garo	Tibeto-Burman	A-chik Tokbirim
25	𑴋𑵀	𑴋𑴤	Gondi (Koitur)	Dravidian	Masaram
26	𑶘	𑵫𑵰	Gondi (Koitur)	Dravidian	Gunjala
27	[see chart]	[see chart]	Gurung	Tibeto-Burman	Khema
28	ଔଂ	[see chart]	Halbi	Indo-European	Halbi
29	𑣿	𑢡𑣇𑣖 𑣁𑣇𑣖	Ho	Austroasiatic	Warang Ksiti
30	𑑏𑑖𑑀	[see chart]	Jaunsari Pahari	Indo-European	Jaunsari Takri
31	ಓಂ	ಓಮ್	Kannada	Dravidian	Kannada
32	[see chart]	[see chart]	Karbi	Tibeto-Burman	Arleng Mekʼlek
33	𑇄	𑆐𑆩	Kashmiri (Koshur)	Indo-European	Sharda
34	ಔಂ	[same]	Kodava	Dravidian	Kannada
35	[see chart]	[see chart]	Kodava	Dravidian	Muthanna
36	[see chart]	[see chart]	Kodava	Dravidian	Koorgi Aksharu
37	[see chart]	[see chart]	Konkani	Indo-European	Goykanadi
38	[see chart]	[see chart]	Kurukh	Dravidian	Tolong Siki
39	[see chart]	[see chart]	Kurukh	Dravidian	Kurukh Banna
40	ᰣᰨᰵ ᰣᰪᰮ	ᰣᰪᰕ‌	Lepcha	Tibeto-Burman	Mingzat
41	ᤀᤥᤱ	ᤀᤦᤔ	Limbu	Tibeto-Burman	Sirijung
42	[see chart]	[see chart]	Magar	Tibeto-Burman	Magar Akkha Rika
43	[see chart]	[see chart]	Maharastri Prakrit	Indo-European	Pallava
43	[see chart]	[see chart]	Mahasu Pahari	Indo-European	Kiunthali
44	𑓇	𑒎𑒧𑓂	Maithili	Indo-European	Tirhuta
45	ഓം	ഔമ്	Malayalam	Dravidian	Malayalam Aksharamala
46	𑘌𑘽	𑘍𑘦	Marathi	Indo-European	Modi
47	𑅐𑅒𑅬	[same]	Marwari	Indo-European	Mahajani
48	ꫲ	ꯑꯟꯕ	Meitei	Tibeto-Burman	Kanglei
49	𞓐𞓯𞓟𞓧	[same]	Mundari	Austroasiatic	Nag Mundari Bani Hisir
50	𑑉	𑐍𑐩	Nepali	Indo-European	Pracalit
51	𑲏𑲴𑲶	𑲏𑲴𑐩	Newari	Tibeto-Burman	Ranjana
52	[see chart]	[see chart]	Newari	Tibeto-Burman	Bhujimol
53	ଓଁ	ଔମ୍	Odia	Indo-European	Kalinga
54	[see chart]	ओं	Pahari	Indo-European	Devanagari
55	𑂌𑂧	[same]	Magadhi	Indo-European	Kaithi
56	𑀒𑀫	𑀅𑀉𑀫	Magadhi Prakrit/Pali	Indo-European	Brahmi
57	ੴ	ਔਮ੍	Punjabi	Indo-European	Gurumukhi
58	[see chart]	[see chart]	Punjabi	Indo-European	Landa
59	ᱳᱸᱢ	[same]	Santhali	Austroasiatic	Ol Chiki
60	𑊀𑊂𑊠	[same]	Saraiki	Indo-European	Multani
61	ꢑꢪ	[same]	Saurashtra	Indo-European	Saurashtra
62	[see chart]	[see chart]	Sirmauri	Indo-European	Dhankari
63	𑊹𑋟	𑊹𑋗	Sindhi	Indo-European	Hathvani
64	ඕම්	ඖම්	Sinhala	Indo-European	Akuru Liyamu
65	[see chart]	𑃢𑃥𑃖	Sora	Austroasiatic	Sorang Sompeng
66	[see chart]	[see chart]	Sunuwar (Koincha, Koits Lo, Mukhiya)	Tibeto-Burman	Tikamuli
67	ꠀꠥꠝ	[same]	Sylheti	Indo-European	Sylheti Nagari
68	ௐ ஓ	ஔம் அம்	Tamil	Dravidian	Tamil
69	[see chart]	[see chart]	Tamil	Dravidian	Vatteluttu
70	𖩴𖪔𖪫	[see chart]	Tangsa	Tibeto-Burman	Tangsa
71	ఓం	ఔమ్	Telugu	Dravidian	Telugu
72	ཨོཾ	འུ྅	Tibetan (Bod-yig)	Tibeto-Burman	Uchen
73	ꡝꡡꡏ	ꡖꡟꡏ	Tibetan (Bod-yig)	Tibeto-Burman	Phags-pa
74	𑨀𑨆𑨵‎	𑨀𑨃𑨢	Tibetan (Bod-yig)	Tibeto-Burman	Zanabazar
75	𞊭𞊥𞊖	[same]	Toto	Tibeto-Burman	Toto
76	[see chart]	[see chart]	Tripuri (Korborok)	Tibeto-Burman	Aima
77	[see chart]	[see chart]	Tulu	Dravidian	Tigalari
78	ഔഁ	ഔമ	Tulu	Dravidian	Malayalam Aksharamala
79	𑲏𑲲𑲵	𑲏𑲲𑲁	Zhang-zhung		Marchen
80	[see chart]	[see chart]	Zou	Tibeto-Burman	Zoulai

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