ဥုံ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ओं (oṃ) or Sanskrit औं (auṃ) or ॐ (auṃ).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: အုမ်
  • IPA(key): /ʔòʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: u.ုံ • ALA-LC: uုံ • BGN/PCGN: on • Okell: ouñ

Noun

ဥုံ • (transliteration needed)

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) a sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation, for example at the beginning of a mantra: om

Derived terms

  • ဥုံခံ
  • ဥုံတလဲလဲဖွတလဲလဲ
  • ဥုံဖွ

Further reading

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