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"word": "aum"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"ॐ"
],
"word": "om"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"English two-letter words"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "Clipping.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "om",
"name": "en-interjection"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "intj",
"related": [
{
"word": "tiddly-om-pom-pom"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "nom"
}
],
"categories": [
"English clippings",
"English colloquialisms"
],
"glosses": [
"Clipping of nom."
],
"links": [
[
"nom",
"nom#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) Clipping of nom."
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"clipping",
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"ॐ"
],
"word": "om"
}
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