Òrìṣà-ńlá
name
/ò.ɾì.ʃà.ŋ́.lá/
Òrìṣàńlá (alternative), Òòṣàńlá (alternative), Òòṣàálá (alternative), Òrìṣàálá (alternative), Òòṣà-ńlá (alternative)
Definitions
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A nickname or oríkì name for the divinity Ọbàtálá
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Etymology
From òrìṣà (“orisha”) + ńlá (“big, mighty”), literally “The Great Orisha”.
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Ọbatala, a powerful irúnmọlẹ̀ and divinity of creation, the sky, heaven, purity, the creator of the Earth (beginning with the town of Ufẹ̀). He is the oldest of the orisha, with the term orisha originally referring to him. He is the husband of the orisha Yemòwó (Mawu in other West African religions).
a supreme deity of creation regarded as a form of the sky god Òrìṣàálá (Ọbàtálá), associated with the town of Ìkirè, where he is worshipped there and the surrounding area
Words in other languages from this one
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They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
OxaláPortuguese
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Oriṣa-nla”.
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