South Asia Words Starting with "O"
- Okra (bhindi/ladies' finger) – Widely used vegetable.
- Onam – Kerala harvest festival (Aug/Sep).
- Odisha – East Indian state (formerly Orissa).
- Ottu – Kerala unleavened rice flatbread.
- Oxen – Draft animals in agriculture.
- Opium – Historically cultivated (Bengal, Malwa); trade catalyst.
- Ooty (Udhagamandalam) – Tamil Nadu hill station.
- Outstation – Indian English: location outside main city (e.g., "outstation trip").
- Outsourcing – IT/BPO industry term (India as global hub).
- Om (Aum) – Sacred syllable in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism.
- Upanishad – Vedantic philosophical texts.