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 * ''

Rashtra Kavach Om ''Rashtra Kavach Om'' (trans ''National Shield Om'') is a 2022 Indian action film directed by Kapil Verma and produced by Zee Studios and Ahmed Khan. It stars Aditya Roy Kapur, Sanjana Sanghi, Jackie Shroff, Ashutosh Rana, Prakash Raj and Pra ...

'', or ''Om: The Battle Within'', 2022 film by Kapil Verma * Om, the lead character in the 2007 Bollywood film ''

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

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

Fantastic Planet ''Fantastic Planet'' (; , ) is a 1973 animated science fiction film directed by René Laloux. Its allegorical story, about humans living on a strange planet dominated by giant humanoid aliens who consider them animals, is based on the 1957 nov ...

Music

Om (band) Om (sometimes stylized as OM) is an American stoner rock 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 ...

, 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), 1968 *

Om (Niklas Strömstedt song) "Om" is a song by Swedish singer-songwriter Niklas Strömstedt from his fourth studio album of the same name (1990). Track listing and formats * European 7-inch single :A. "Om" – 4:06 :B. "Stanna kvar!" – 3:42 Credits and personnel ...

, 1990 *

OM Festival The OM Festival was a community-based summer solstice festival that ran annually in southern Ontario from 1998 to 2004. The festival, organized by Sumkidz (now Suma), primarily featured electronic music as well as dance, workshops, art, and other ...

, a Canadian electronic music festival *

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

, 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, 2 ...

, 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 manufacturing, guitar manufacturer established in 1833 by Christian Frederick Martin. The company was founded in New York City, where it was based for six years before r ...

People

* Om Bhatia, Indian actor better known as Akshay Kumar *

Om Bhutkar Om Bhutkar (born 1 March 1991) is an Indian actor who works in Marathi cinema and occasionally in Hindi cinema. Bhutkar's breakthrough came with his role in ''Mulshi Pattern'', but his debut was in the 2004 Hindi film ''Chhota Sipahi'', for which ...

, Indian actor *

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 Urdu, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, English, Punjabi, Gujarati, Telugu, and Marathi films, as well as ind ...

, Indian actor * Om Sahani, Indian actor

Sport

Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; , ), also known simply as Marseille, or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional Association football, football club based in Marseille which competes in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top f ...

(OM), a French football club

Businesses and organizations

MIAT-Mongolian Airlines MIAT Mongolian Airlines is the state-owned national airline of Mongolia, headquartered in the MIAT Building in the country's capital of Ulaanbaatar. The airline operates scheduled services from its base at Chinggis Khaan International Airport in ...

(IATA code OM) *

Odyssey of the Mind Odyssey of the Mind, abbreviated OM or OotM, is a creative problem-solving program where team members present their solution at a competition to a predefined long-term problem that takes many months to complete and involves writing, design, cons ...

, 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 su ...

, a former Italian motor vehicle manufacturer *

Operation Mobilisation Operation Mobilisation (OM) is a Christian missionary organisation founded by George Verwer to mobilise young people to live and share the Gospel of Jesus. OM started in Mexico and had spread to Europe and India by 1963. OM currently has 6,800 ...

, a Christian non-profit missions organization * OM AB, a Swedish exchange which merged with Finnish HEX plc to become OMX

Honors and orders

Order of Manitoba The Order of 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 administered by the Governor-in ...

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

Order of Merit The Order of Merit () is an order of merit for the Commonwealth realms, recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or the promotion of culture. Established in 1902 by Edward VII, admission into the order r ...

, 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 inter ...

, post-nominal letters indicating membership of the Order of Merit in the Jamaican honours system *

Order of the Minims The Order of Minims (; abbreviated OM), known in German-speaking countries as the Paulaner Order (), are a religious order of friars in the Catholic Church, founded by Francis of Paola in fifteenth-century Italy. The order soon spread to France, ...

, 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, historically also called Galla, is an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch, primarily spoken by the Oromo people, native to the Ethiopian state of Oromia; and northern Kenya. It is used as a lingua franca in Oromia an ...

(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 th ...

(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 hi ...

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

Om (river) The Om (, Известия Всесоюзного географического общества. 1959 г. С. 253.) 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 ...

, a tributary of the Irtysh in Siberia, Russia *

Oman Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is a country located on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia and the Middle East. It shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Oman’s coastline ...

(ISO 3166 country code OM) ** .om, the country code top level domain (ccTLD) for Oman * Omu Peak, in the

Bucegi Mountains The Bucegi Mountains ( ) 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 Peak, Omu'' is its highest point. To the east, the Bucegi Mountains ha ...

of Romania

Science and technology

Biology and medicine

Occupational medicine Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM), previously called industrial medicine, is a board certified medical specialty under the American Board of Preventative Medicine that specializes in the prevention and treatment of work-related ill ...

, a medical specialty *

Osteomyelitis Osteomyelitis (OM) is the infectious inflammation of bone marrow. Symptoms may include pain in a specific bone with overlying redness, fever, and weakness. The feet, spine, and hips are the most commonly involved bones in adults. The cause is ...

, a bone marrow infection *

Otitis media Otitis media is a group of Inflammation, 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 pullin ...

, an infection of the middle ear *

Bacterial outer membrane The bacterial outer membrane is found in gram-negative bacteria. Gram-negative bacteria form two lipid bilayers in their cell envelopes - an inner membrane (IM) that encapsulates the cytoplasm, and an outer membrane (OM) that encapsulates the p ...

, a layer found in gram-negative bacteria

Computing and telecommunications

* .om, 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 b ...

(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 135 film, 35mm single-lens reflex cameras, photographic lens, lenses and accessories sold by Olympus Corporation between 1972 and 2002. The range was designed by Yoshihisa Maitani, chief designer for Olympus, a ...

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

Organic matter Organic matter, organic material or natural organic matter is 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 come fro ...

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

Other uses

Minim (religious order) The Order of Minims (; abbreviated OM), known in German-speaking countries as the Paulaner Order (), are a religious order of friars in the Catholic Church, founded by Francis of Paola in fifteenth-century Italy. The order soon spread to France, ...

(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 " ...

, 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 ...

* List of Old Marlburians, alumni of Marlborough College * Old Millfieldians, alumni of Millfield School * Om family, eastern Bengali family *

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 female masturbation activity promoted by OneTaste *

Pakpilai Thavisin Pakpilai Thavisin (, ), nicknamed Om (), is a Thai physician and businesswoman who specializes in the field of anti-aging medicine. She is married to Srettha Thavisin, the 30th and former prime minister of Thailand. Early life Pakpilai Thavisi ...

(born 1960), nicknamed Om, Thai physician, businesswoman and wife of Srettha Thavisin, Prime Minister of Thailand