adịn
Yoruba
editEtymology
editCompare with Owe Yoruba àdè (“behavior”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editàdị̀n
- (Ekiti, Ifẹ) A person's individual identity and a collective community identity.
- (Ekiti, Ifẹ) culture, customs
- (Ekiti) character, behavior
Derived terms
edit- àdị̀n-aládị̀n (“foreign culture”)
- Àdínlẹ́wà (“A Yoruba name, meaning identity has beauty, character has beauty”)
Further reading
edit- Adéṣuyì, Olúkáyọ̀dé R. Adìn-Aládìn: Rethinking the Contemporary Challenge to Akurẹ Cultural Identity [1], 2016