ôm

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔom˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔom˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔom˧˧]

From Proto-Vietic *ʔoːm (“armful”). Compare Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] om-fūm (“hug, embrace”) and Bodo Gadaba om ("to brood, to set (on eggs)").

(classifier cái) ôm • (掩, 揞)

1. (dated) an armful
2. a hug

ôm • (掩, 揞)

1. to embrace; to hug
2. to harbor (grudges, hatred, dreams)

   Synonyms: ấp ủ, ôm ấp

   ôm hận ― to harbor a grudge/hatred

   ôm mộng ― to harbor a dream/ambition

Ultimately from German Ohm, but possibly via French ohm, as many other words of German origin (độ Rích-te (“Richter”), Phri-đrích Ăng-gen (“Friedrich Engels”), An-be Anh-xtanh (“Albert Einstein”), etc.) are also pronounced as if they were French.

ôm

1. (physics) ohm