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Yoruba
Etymology
From àba (“father”) + Ọ̀rị̀ṣà (“Orisa (supreme sky deity)”), literally “Father Orisha”, also see àbarị̀ṣà (“rain”). This perhaps suggest that the term "orisha" may originally come for a root for sky or the elements of the sky later associated with a supreme deity.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Àbarị̀ṣà
- (Ekiti) the supreme sky deity of the Ekiti people, synonymous with Ọ̀rị̀ṣà and Ọbàtálá, likely predating Olódùmọrè; the deity Ọbàtálá
- Synonyms: Òrìṣà, Olódùmarè, Ọbàtálá
- (Ekiti) Synonym: Olódùmarè
- (Ekiti, Christianity) God