Om is a sacred syllable in Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. OM, om, and variations, may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Fiction

* ''Om'' (1995 film), an Indian Kannada film * ''Om'' (2003 film), a Bollywood film * ''Om'' (2018 film), a Kollywood film * ''Omkara'' (2004 film), a 2004 Indian Kannada film * ''Omkara'' (2006 film), a 2006 Indian Bollywood film * Om, the lead character in the 2007 Bollywood film ''

Om Shanti Om ''Om Shanti Om'' (transl. ''Peace Be With You'') is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language fantasy romance film written and directed by Farah Khan, co-written by Mayur Puri and Mushtaq Shiekh, and produced by Gauri Khan under the banner of Red Chillies E ...

'' * Om, any one of the humans in the 1973 animated film ''

Fantastic Planet ''Fantastic Planet'' (french: La Planète sauvage; cs, Divoká planeta, lit. "The Wild Planet") is a 1973 experimental adult animated science fiction film, directed by René Laloux and written by Laloux and Roland Topor, the latter of whom a ...

Music

Om (band) Om (sometimes stylized as OM) is an American doom metal band from San Francisco, California. Formed as a duo in 2003 by the rhythm section of the band Sleep (bassist Al Cisneros and drummer Chris Hakius), Om is currently a trio consisting of Cis ...

, a doom metal band * ''Om'' (Ibarra album), a 1996 album * ''Om'' (John Coltrane album), a 1965 album * ''OM'' (Negură Bunget album), a 2006 album * ''Om'' (Soulfly album), a 2002 album also known as ''3'' * "Om" (The Moody Blues song), a 1968 song * OM Festival, a Canadian electronic music festival *

Om Records Om Records is an American record label, established in 1995, which releases electronic music, dance music and hip hop. The label was founded in San Francisco in 1995 by Chris Smith. Om Records releases both artist albums and compilations, incl ...

, a San Francisco-based dance music record label, home to artist like J Boogie, Kaskade, and King Kooba *

Of Machines Of Machines was an American post-hardcore band from Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Formed in 2006, the band was originally known as We Are Kings. The band released their debut and only album ''As If Everything Was Held in Place'' on March 3, 20 ...

, a post-hardcore band * ''Orchestra Model'', an acoustic guitar by

Martin Guitars C.F. Martin & Company (often referred to as Martin) is an American guitar manufacturer established in 1833, by Christian Frederick Martin. It is highly respected for its acoustic guitars and is a leading manufacturer of flat top guitars. Th ...

People

* Om Bhatia, Indo-Canadian actor better known as Akshay Kumar *

Om Puri Om Prakash Puri (18 October 1950 – 6 January 2017) was an Indian actor who appeared in mainstream commercial Hindi films as well as Bengali, Kannada,English, Punjabi and one Telugu film, as well as independent and art films and also starred ...

, Indian actor * Om family, eastern Bengali family

Businesses and organizations

* MIAT-Mongolian Airlines (IATA code OM) *

Odyssey of the Mind Odyssey of the Mind, abbreviated OM or OotM, is a creative problem-solving program involving students from kindergarten through college. Team members work together at length to solve a predefined long-term problem and present their solution to t ...

, an international problem-solving competition for students *

Officine Meccaniche Officine Meccaniche or OM was an Italian car and truck manufacturing company. It was founded in 1899 in Milan as Società Anonima Officine Meccaniche to manufacture railway rolling stock and car production began in 1918. It disappeared as s ...

, a former Italian motor vehicle manufacturer *

Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; oc, Olimpic de Marselha, ), also known simply as Marseille or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional men's football club based in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Founded in 1899, the club pl ...

, a French football club *

Operation Mobilisation Operation Mobilisation is a Christian missionary organisation founded by George Verwer to mobilise young people to live and share the Gospel of Jesus. OM, (Operation Mobilisation) , started in Mexico and had spread to Europe and India by 1963. OM ...

, a Christian non-profit missions organization *

Orlando Magic The Orlando Magic are an American professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. The Magic compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The franchise was establ ...

, a basketball team in the NBA * OM AB, a Swedish exchange which merged with Finnish HEX plc to become

OMX Nasdaq Nordic is the common name for the subsidiaries of Nasdaq, Inc. that provide financial services and operate marketplaces for securities in the Nordic and Baltic regions of Europe. Historically, the operations were known by the company ...

Honors and orders

Order of Manitoba The Order of Manitoba (french: Ordre du Manitoba) is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Instituted in 1999 when Lieutenant Governor Peter Liba granted Royal Assent to The Order of Manitoba Act, the order is administe ...

, the post-nominal letters indicating membership in an honour of the Crown in Right of Manitoba *

Order of Merit The Order of Merit (french: link=no, Ordre du Mérite) is an order of merit for the Commonwealth realms, recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or for the promotion of culture. Established in 1902 by K ...

, post-nominal letters indicating membership in a high honour from the monarch of the Commonwealth realms *

Order of Merit (Jamaica) The Order of Merit is part of the Jamaican honours system, and it is the fourth-highest honour awarded by the nation of Jamaica. The Order of Merit is conferred upon Jamaicans or distinguished citizens of other countries who have achieved interna ...

, post-nominal letters indicating membership of the Order of Merit in the Jamaican honours system * Order of the Minims, the post-nominal letters indicating membership in a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Francis of Paola in the fifteenth century in Italy

Language

Oromo language Oromo ( or ; Oromo: ''Afaan Oromoo''), in the linguistic literature of the early 20th century also called Galla (a name with a pejorative meaning and therefore rejected by the Oromo people), is an Afroasiatic language that belongs to the Cushiti ...

(ISO 639-1: "om") *

Oto-Manguean languages The Oto-Manguean or Otomanguean languages are a large family comprising several subfamilies of indigenous languages of the Americas. All of the Oto-Manguean languages that are now spoken are indigenous to Mexico, but the Manguean branch of the ...

(abbreviated as "OM")

Places

Øm Abbey Øm Abbey (''Øm Kloster'') was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1172 in the Diocese of Aarhus near the town of Rye, between the lakes of Mossø and Gudensø in central Jutland, Denmark. It is one of many former monasteries and abbeys in the ...

, a Cistercian abbey which was in Søhøjlandet, in Denmark *

Om (river) The Om () is a river in the south of the Western Siberian plains in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Irtysh. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . It rises in the Vasyugan Swamp at the border of Novosibirsk and Tomsk oblasts.

, a tributary of the Irtysh in Siberia, Russia *

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...

(ISO 3166 country code OM) **

.om .om is the Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD) for Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the ...

, the country code top level domain (ccTLD) for Oman * Omu Peak, in the

Bucegi Mountains The Bucegi Mountains (Romanian: ''Munții Bucegi'' ) are located in central Romania, south of the city of Brașov. They are part of the Southern Carpathians group of the Carpathian Mountains. At , '' Omu'' is its highest point. To the east, the ...

of Romania

Science and technology

Biology and medicine

Occupational medicine Occupational medicine, until 1960 called industrial medicine, is the branch of medicine which is concerned with the maintenance of health in the workplace, including prevention and treatment of diseases and injuries, with secondary objectives ...

, a medical specialty *

Osteomyelitis Osteomyelitis (OM) is an infection of bone. Symptoms may include pain in a specific bone with overlying redness, fever, and weakness. The long bones of the arms and legs are most commonly involved in children e.g. the femur and humerus, while the ...

, a bone marrow infection *

Otitis media Otitis media is a group of inflammatory diseases of the middle ear. One of the two main types is acute otitis media (AOM), an infection of rapid onset that usually presents with ear pain. In young children this may result in pulling at the ear, ...

, an infection of the middle ear *

Bacterial outer membrane The bacterial outer membrane is found in gram-negative bacteria. Its composition is distinct from that of the inner cytoplasmic cell membrane - among other things, the outer leaflet of the outer membrane of many gram-negative bacteria includes ...

, a layer found in gram-negative bacteria

Computing and telecommunications

, the country code top level domain (ccTLD) for Oman *

Openmoko Linux Openmoko Linux is an operating system for smartphones developed by the Openmoko project. It is based on the Ångström distribution, comprising various pieces of free software. The main targets of Openmoko Linux were the Openmoko Neo 1973 and t ...

, a mobile operating system developed by the Openmoko project

Other uses in science and technology

Builder's Old Measurement Builder's Old Measurement (BOM, bm, OM, and o.m.) is the method used in England from approximately 1650 to 1849 for calculating the cargo capacity of a ship. It is a volumetric measurement of cubic capacity. It estimated the tonnage of a ship bas ...

(abbr. OM or om) - a method of calculating tonnage (i.e. cargo capacity) for merchant ships in the age of sail *

Olympus OM system The Olympus OM System was a line of 35mm single-lens reflex cameras, lenses and accessories sold by Olympus between 1972 and 2002. The system was introduced by Olympus in 1972. The range was designed by Yoshihisa Maitani, chief designer for Olymp ...

, a family of Olympus SLR cameras made between 1972 and 2002 *

Organic matter Organic matter, organic material, or natural organic matter refers to the large source of carbon-based compounds found within natural and engineered, terrestrial, and aquatic environments. It is matter composed of organic compounds that have c ...

* Osipkov–Merritt models, mathematical representations of spherical stellar systems

Other uses

Minim (religious order) The Minims, officially known as the Order of Minims (; abbreviated OM), are a Roman Catholic religious order of friars founded by Saint Francis of Paola in fifteenth-century Italy. The order soon spread to France, Germany and Spain, and continue ...

(O.M.), is a member of the Roman Catholic religious order of friars *

Offering memorandum An offering memorandum (OM) or offering circular (OC) is a type of prospectus (finance) for a bond or other security. Sometimes, this is also referred to as a prospectus, offering memorandum, or short OC. The terms "offering memorandum", "OM", or "o ...

, in finance, "the OM", prospectus for a bond offering * Old Man, meaning a male

amateur radio operator An amateur radio operator is someone who uses equipment at an amateur radio station to engage in two-way personal communications with other amateur operators on radio frequencies assigned to the amateur radio service. Amateur radio operators hav ...

* List of Old Marlburians, alumni of Marlborough College * Old Millfieldians, alumni of Millfield School *

, a French football club in Marseille *

Om (actor) Om Prakash Sahani, known as Om, is an Indian actor who works in Indian Bengali films and Bangladeshi films and television shows. His first acting role was in ''Arjun – Kalimpong E Sitaharan'', which was released in 2013. Career Om started ...

, Bengali actor *

Operating margin In business, operating margin—also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin, EBIT margin and return on sales (ROS)—is the ratio of operating income ("operating profit" in the UK) to net sales, usually expressed in percent. : ...

, in business * Operation Mindfuck, a practice within Discordianism * Orgasmic meditation, a meditational practice in which the object of meditation is finger to genital (usually

clitoris The clitoris ( or ) is a female sex organ present in mammals, ostriches and a limited number of other animals. In humans, the visible portion – the glans – is at the front junction of the labia minora (inner lips), above the ope ...

) contact * Could be used as a short name for Om Nom from the "Cut the Rope" games.