diff --git a/app/glossary/[letter]/page.tsx b/app/glossary/[letter]/page.tsx
index 879a7c26..2e295e3c 100644
--- a/app/glossary/[letter]/page.tsx
+++ b/app/glossary/[letter]/page.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
 import type { Metadata } from "next";
 import { notFound } from "next/navigation";
 import { getAllGlossaryEntries } from "@/lib/api";
-import { buildOgMeta } from "@/lib/og";
+import { buildOgMeta, extractQuoteFromHl } from "@/lib/og";
 import { GlossaryClient } from "../glossary-client";
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -11,12 +11,20 @@ import { GlossaryClient } from "../glossary-client";
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 const DIACRITIC_TO_BASE: Record<string, string> = {
-  Ā: "A", Ä: "A",
-  Ī: "I", É: "I",
-  Ū: "U", Ü: "U",
-  Ṛ: "R", Ṝ: "R",
-  Ś: "S", Ç: "S", Ṣ: "S",
-  Ñ: "N", Ṇ: "N", Ṅ: "N",
+  Ā: "A",
+  Ä: "A",
+  Ī: "I",
+  É: "I",
+  Ū: "U",
+  Ü: "U",
+  Ṛ: "R",
+  Ṝ: "R",
+  Ś: "S",
+  Ç: "S",
+  Ṣ: "S",
+  Ñ: "N",
+  Ṇ: "N",
+  Ṅ: "N",
   Ṭ: "T",
   Ḍ: "D",
   Ḥ: "H",
@@ -34,11 +42,53 @@ function getBaseLetter(term: string): string {
 
 export async function generateMetadata({
   params,
+  searchParams,
 }: {
   params: Promise<{ letter: string }>;
+  searchParams: Promise<Record<string, string | string[] | undefined>>;
 }): Promise<Metadata> {
   const { letter } = await params;
+  const sp = await searchParams;
   const l = letter.toUpperCase();
+
+  // If a specific term is referenced via ?term= param, show it in the OG image
+  const termParam = typeof sp.term === "string" ? sp.term : null;
+  if (termParam) {
+    const allEntries = await getAllGlossaryEntries();
+    const entry = allEntries.find(
+      (e) => e.term.toLowerCase() === termParam.toLowerCase(),
+    );
+    if (entry) {
+      // Strip HTML tags from definition for OG quote
+      const plainDef = entry.definitionHtml
+        .replace(/<[^>]*>/g, "")
+        .replace(/&[^;]+;/g, " ")
+        .trim();
+
+      // Check for ?hl= highlight param — extract actual selected text from definition
+      const hlQuote = extractQuoteFromHl(sp, [entry.definitionHtml]);
+
+      return buildOgMeta({
+        title: entry.term,
+        detail: "Glossary — Prabhupāda Says",
+        quote:
+          hlQuote ||
+          (plainDef.length > 260 ? plainDef.slice(0, 257) + "..." : plainDef),
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Check for ?hl= without ?term= — try to extract quote from all entries for this letter
+  const hlQuote = extractQuoteFromHl(sp);
+  if (hlQuote) {
+    return buildOgMeta({
+      title: `Glossary — ${l}`,
+      detail: "Sanskrit & Vedic terms",
+      quote: hlQuote,
+    });
+  }
+
+  // Default: letter-level OG
   return buildOgMeta({
     title: `Glossary — ${l}`,
     detail: `Sanskrit & Vedic terms starting with ${l}`,
diff --git a/app/glossary/glossary-client.tsx b/app/glossary/glossary-client.tsx
index fb99ae0b..990de813 100644
--- a/app/glossary/glossary-client.tsx
+++ b/app/glossary/glossary-client.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 "use client";
 
 import { useState, useMemo, useRef, useEffect, useCallback } from "react";
+import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 import Link from "next/link";
 import { Search, X, Menu, ChevronLeft, ChevronRight } from "lucide-react";
 import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
@@ -289,6 +290,7 @@ export function GlossaryClient({
   letters,
   letterCounts,
 }: Props) {
+  const router = useRouter();
   const [query, setQuery] = useState("");
   const [activeTermRaw, setActiveTerm] = useState(entries[0]?.term || "");
   const contentRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
@@ -347,6 +349,17 @@ export function GlossaryClient({
     return idx !== undefined ? entries[idx] : null;
   }, [entries, termIndex, activeTerm]);
 
+  // Update URL with ?term= when active term changes (for OG + shareable links)
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const url = new URL(window.location.href);
+    if (activeTerm) {
+      url.searchParams.set("term", activeTerm);
+    } else {
+      url.searchParams.delete("term");
+    }
+    window.history.replaceState({}, "", url.toString());
+  }, [activeTerm]);
+
   const handleSelectTerm = useCallback((term: string) => {
     setActiveTerm(term);
     contentRef.current?.scrollIntoView({ behavior: "smooth", block: "start" });
diff --git a/lib/source-reference.ts b/lib/source-reference.ts
index 5eb8d256..a258063b 100644
--- a/lib/source-reference.ts
+++ b/lib/source-reference.ts
@@ -164,8 +164,27 @@ export function getSourceReference(): {
     return { title: parentTitle, detail: chapterTitle, url };
   }
 
-  // /glossary — general
+  // /glossary/[letter]?term=...
   if (parts[0] === "glossary") {
+    const h1 = document.querySelector("h1");
+    const termFromH1 = h1?.textContent?.replace(/^Glossary:\s*/, "").trim();
+
+    // Try to get the term from the URL ?term= param
+    const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
+    const termFromUrl = urlParams.get("term");
+
+    const term = termFromUrl || termFromH1 || null;
+
+    if (term) {
+      return { title: term, detail: "Glossary — Prabhupāda Says", url };
+    }
+
+    // Fallback: letter-level
+    const letter = parts[1]?.toUpperCase();
+    if (letter) {
+      return { title: `Glossary — ${letter}`, detail: null, url };
+    }
+
     return { title: "Glossary", detail: null, url };
   }