ôm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "om"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔom˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔom˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔom˧˧]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

(classifier cái) ôm • (掩, 揞)

(dated) an armful
a hug

Verb

ôm • (掩, 揞)

to embrace; to hug
to harbour (grudges, hatred, dreams)
ôm hận ― to harbor a grudge/hatred

ôm mộng ― to harbor a dream/ambition

Derived terms

Derived terms

gối ôm
ôm ấp
ôm chầm
ôm ghì
xe ôm

Etymology 2

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.

Noun

ôm

(physics) ohm

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