See Ọbatala on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "It likely originated as a title for the leader of the Mega-House Ìdèta, a polity of the ancient town of Ufẹ̀ during the 9th-11th centuries AD. One of these leaders during the 11th century AD later rose as the head of all the mega-houses in Ufẹ̀ and established the Ufẹ̀ confederacy, a precursor to the Ife kingdom, and served as the chief priest of the deity Ọ̀ràm̀fẹ̀. It was this specific \"Ọbàtálá\" that became deified as the divinity Òrìṣà (Òrìṣàńlá). The term matches similar structures with titles of chiefs and legendary figures who likely lived as fellow Mega-house leaders and chiefs during that period, such as Ọbalálẹ̀, the head of the Ìlálẹ̀ house, Ọbalésùn, the head of the Ìlésùn house, and Ọbalíá, the head of the Ìlià house. They served as chiefs under the political leadership of the Ọbàtálá, the ruler of the Ìdèta house that encompassed these three minor houses.\n* Also see other titles used at the time, Ọbàlùfọ̀n, Ọbalúfẹ̀, Ọbadìo, and Ọbalọọran.\nThe first part of the term comes from ọba (“king, father”), and the concluding syllable likely coming from lá (“to be big”), thus likely originating from may come from the phrase ọba Ìdèta lá (“The mighty king of Ìdèta”)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Ọbàtálá",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "proper noun",
"head": "Ọbàtálá",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "Ọbàtálá",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "proper noun",
"2": "Ọbàtálá"
},
"expansion": "Ọbàtálá",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Ọbàtálá"
},
"expansion": "Ọbàtálá",
"name": "yo-prop"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "name",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "Ògìyán"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "32 32 35",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "32 32 35",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "37 37 25",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Yoruba religion",
"orig": "yo:Yoruba religion",
"parents": [
"Religion",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"the title of the leader of the ancient Ufẹ̀ mega-house polity, Ìdèta. One of these leaders was later made king of the Ufẹ̀ confederacy of houses and deified as the deity Ọbàtálá"
],
"id": "en-Ọbatala-yo-name-ZkKC-NZM",
"links": [
[
"title",
"title"
],
[
"leader",
"leader"
],
[
"Ufẹ̀",
"Ufẹ#Yoruba"
],
[
"Ìdèta",
"Ideta#Yoruba"
],
[
"confederacy",
"confederacy"
],
[
"houses",
"houses"
],
[
"deified",
"deified"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "32 32 35",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "32 32 35",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "37 37 25",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Yoruba religion",
"orig": "yo:Yoruba religion",
"parents": [
"Religion",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"the title of the leader of the ancient Ufẹ̀ mega-house polity, Ìdèta. One of these leaders was later made king of the Ufẹ̀ confederacy of houses and deified as the deity Ọbàtálá",
"the legendary leader of ancient Ufẹ̀ between the 9th-11th centuries AD, deified as an orisha"
],
"id": "en-Ọbatala-yo-name-o5KNtEcW",
"links": [
[
"title",
"title"
],
[
"leader",
"leader"
],
[
"Ufẹ̀",
"Ufẹ#Yoruba"
],
[
"Ìdèta",
"Ideta#Yoruba"
],
[
"confederacy",
"confederacy"
],
[
"houses",
"houses"
],
[
"deified",
"deified"
],
[
"legendary",
"legendary"
],
[
"orisha",
"orisha"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "32 32 35",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "32 32 35",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "30 30 41",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "37 37 25",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Yoruba religion",
"orig": "yo:Yoruba religion",
"parents": [
"Religion",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He is often associated with purity, relating to the symbols of ẹfun (“white chalk”) and àlà (“white cloth”)."
}
],
"glosses": [
"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)."
],
"id": "en-Ọbatala-yo-name-98X0KMlH",
"links": [
[
"powerful",
"powerful"
],
[
"irúnmọlẹ̀",
"irunmọlẹ#Yoruba"
],
[
"creation",
"creation"
],
[
"sky",
"sky"
],
[
"heaven",
"heaven"
],
[
"purity",
"purity"
],
[
"creator",
"creator"
],
[
"Earth",
"Earth"
],
[
"Ufẹ̀",
"Ufẹ#Yoruba"
],
[
"oldest",
"oldest"
],
[
"orisha",
"orisha"
],
[
"Yemòwó",
"Yemowo#Yoruba"
],
[
"Mawu",
"Mawu"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Òrìṣà"
},
{
"word": "Òrìṣàálá"
},
{
"word": "Òrìṣà-ìkirè"
},
{
"word": "Ọba Bárúgbó"
},
{
"word": "Òrìṣà-gbìngbìnki"
},
{
"word": "Òrìṣà Pópó"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɔ̄.bà.tá.lá/"
}
],
"word": "Ọbatala"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba proper nouns",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"yo:Yoruba religion"
],
"etymology_text": "It likely originated as a title for the leader of the Mega-House Ìdèta, a polity of the ancient town of Ufẹ̀ during the 9th-11th centuries AD. One of these leaders during the 11th century AD later rose as the head of all the mega-houses in Ufẹ̀ and established the Ufẹ̀ confederacy, a precursor to the Ife kingdom, and served as the chief priest of the deity Ọ̀ràm̀fẹ̀. It was this specific \"Ọbàtálá\" that became deified as the divinity Òrìṣà (Òrìṣàńlá). The term matches similar structures with titles of chiefs and legendary figures who likely lived as fellow Mega-house leaders and chiefs during that period, such as Ọbalálẹ̀, the head of the Ìlálẹ̀ house, Ọbalésùn, the head of the Ìlésùn house, and Ọbalíá, the head of the Ìlià house. They served as chiefs under the political leadership of the Ọbàtálá, the ruler of the Ìdèta house that encompassed these three minor houses.\n* Also see other titles used at the time, Ọbàlùfọ̀n, Ọbalúfẹ̀, Ọbadìo, and Ọbalọọran.\nThe first part of the term comes from ọba (“king, father”), and the concluding syllable likely coming from lá (“to be big”), thus likely originating from may come from the phrase ọba Ìdèta lá (“The mighty king of Ìdèta”)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Ọbàtálá",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "proper noun",
"head": "Ọbàtálá",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "Ọbàtálá",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "proper noun",
"2": "Ọbàtálá"
},
"expansion": "Ọbàtálá",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Ọbàtálá"
},
"expansion": "Ọbàtálá",
"name": "yo-prop"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "name",
"related": [
{
"word": "Ògìyán"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"the title of the leader of the ancient Ufẹ̀ mega-house polity, Ìdèta. One of these leaders was later made king of the Ufẹ̀ confederacy of houses and deified as the deity Ọbàtálá"
],
"links": [
[
"title",
"title"
],
[
"leader",
"leader"
],
[
"Ufẹ̀",
"Ufẹ#Yoruba"
],
[
"Ìdèta",
"Ideta#Yoruba"
],
[
"confederacy",
"confederacy"
],
[
"houses",
"houses"
],
[
"deified",
"deified"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"the title of the leader of the ancient Ufẹ̀ mega-house polity, Ìdèta. One of these leaders was later made king of the Ufẹ̀ confederacy of houses and deified as the deity Ọbàtálá",
"the legendary leader of ancient Ufẹ̀ between the 9th-11th centuries AD, deified as an orisha"
],
"links": [
[
"title",
"title"
],
[
"leader",
"leader"
],
[
"Ufẹ̀",
"Ufẹ#Yoruba"
],
[
"Ìdèta",
"Ideta#Yoruba"
],
[
"confederacy",
"confederacy"
],
[
"houses",
"houses"
],
[
"deified",
"deified"
],
[
"legendary",
"legendary"
],
[
"orisha",
"orisha"
]
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "He is often associated with purity, relating to the symbols of ẹfun (“white chalk”) and àlà (“white cloth”)."
}
],
"glosses": [
"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)."
],
"links": [
[
"powerful",
"powerful"
],
[
"irúnmọlẹ̀",
"irunmọlẹ#Yoruba"
],
[
"creation",
"creation"
],
[
"sky",
"sky"
],
[
"heaven",
"heaven"
],
[
"purity",
"purity"
],
[
"creator",
"creator"
],
[
"Earth",
"Earth"
],
[
"Ufẹ̀",
"Ufẹ#Yoruba"
],
[
"oldest",
"oldest"
],
[
"orisha",
"orisha"
],
[
"Yemòwó",
"Yemowo#Yoruba"
],
[
"Mawu",
"Mawu"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Òrìṣà"
},
{
"word": "Òrìṣàálá"
},
{
"word": "Òrìṣà-ìkirè"
},
{
"word": "Ọba Bárúgbó"
},
{
"word": "Òrìṣà-gbìngbìnki"
},
{
"word": "Òrìṣà Pópó"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɔ̄.bà.tá.lá/"
}
],
"word": "Ọbatala"
}
Download raw JSONL data for Ọbatala meaning in All languages combined (3.9kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-11-21 using wiktextract (65a6e81 and 0dbea76). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.