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Ori
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Appendix:Variations of "ori"
English
Etymology 1
+ (Yoruba)
Borrowed from en yo Orí.
Noun
-
An individual's spiritual intuition and destiny, according to Yoruba beliefs.
Related terms
en orisha
Etymology 2
Borrowed from en it Ori.
Proper noun
s
en Italian.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Ori is the 36477th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 613 individuals. Ori is most common among White (88.42%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
en ior OIr RIO ROI Rio RoI Roi rio
Italian
Etymology
it
Proper noun
mfbysense
it
Yoruba
Etymology
From yo orí head, ultimately from yo o- rí agent prefix to see The one who sees ahead of us.
Pronunciation
Orí
Proper noun
Orí
A Yoruba religious metaphysical concept referring to one's intuition, destiny, and consciousness in life.
the spirit or orisha representing this concept; it is regarded as a personal guardian of one's soul on earth, and the orisha of destiny, luck, existence, and fate. It is one of the most important orisha and Yoruba concepts in yo Ìṣẹ̀ṣe.
yo Orí-inú Ẹlẹ́dàá Ìpín
yo Orí la kọ́kọ́ bọ, ká tó bọ òrìṣà Ori is whom we worship first, before we worship the other orisha
Related terms
yo Ìpọ̀nrí
yo Orí-ọ̀run
yo orírun source
References
Ademuleya, Babasehinde A. The Concept of Ori in the Traditional Yoruba Visual Representation of Human Figures , 2013
Balogun, Lekan. Ori, Ritual and Yoruba Drama of Existence , 2013
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