Ogun

== English == === Alternative forms === Ogún === Etymology === Borrowed from Yoruba Ògún. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈəʊɡən/ === Proper noun === Ogun A male given name from Yoruba. An orisha in the Yoruba religion, the god of war and technology. A surname originating as a patronymic. A state of Nigeria in the South West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Abeokuta. === Anagrams === noug, ǃoǃung == Yoruba == === Etymology 1 === From *ògún (“spirit or energy one has after hunting or battling”), ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ò-gwṹ, equivalent ò- +‎ gún. The concept of Ogun as the embodiment of iron and hunting likely dates to the Iron Age and is thus present in most religious/spiritual practices of Volta-Niger and Benue-Congo speaking peoples. Two groups of cognates exist. The first ones are those in which this spirit is personified as a deity and becoming a proper noun, see Edo Ogun and Fon Gu. However, other cognates maintain the noun form of this word as simply the energy or spirit associated with killing, see Igala ògwú (“killer instinct”), Idoma ògwú (“honor given to a successful hunter or warrior; display of behavior when someone has killed a large animal”), or possibly Igbo òdogwu (“mighty hunter”). The root term *gwṹ could be cognate with Volta-Niger language terms for "kill," see Igbo ògbú (“killer”) or perhaps nwụ (“to kill”), Proto-Edoid *ghu, Nupe wu, Ibibio woot, Akan wu, Kamo yu. This is likely especially since Igala égwú means "corpse," and the term also greatly resembles the verb to die in Yorùbá, kú. Likely a Doublet of Egúngún, referring to deified ancestors and veneration of the dead, see Proto-Yoruboid *É-gwṹ. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ò.ɡṹ/ ==== Proper noun ==== Ògún Ogun (orisha of war, iron, metallurgy, and technology), patron of warriors, hunters, blacksmiths, and ironworkers. Kò sí òrìṣà tí yóò ṣe bí Ògún lágbẹ̀dẹ ― There is no òrìṣà that will perform like Ògún in a smithy (by extension) August, the third month of the traditional Yoruba calendar, the Kọ́jọ́dá; named in honor of Ògún. Many Ògún festivals are held during this month. Synonyms: Oṣù Ògún, Ọ̀gọ́ọ̀sì, Oṣù Ẹ̀jọ-Ọdún, Oṣù Kẹ́jọ, Ògún Lákaayé, Ọṣìn Imọlẹ̀ ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Portuguese: Ogum ==== See also ==== (Kojoda months) oṣù Kọ́jọ́dá; Òkúdu (“June”), Agẹmọ (“July”), Ògún (“August”), Òwéwe (“September”), Ọ̀wàrà (“October”), Bélú (“November”), Ọ̀pẹ̀ (“December”), Ṣẹ̀rẹ́ (“January”), Èrèlé (“February”), Ẹ̀rẹ̀nà (“March”), Igbe (“April”), Ẹ̀bìbì (“May”) (Category: yo:Kojoda months) === Etymology 2 === From ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ gùn (“to be long”), literally “That which is long”. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ò.ɡũ̀/ ==== Proper noun ==== Ògùn Ogun (a river in Nigeria) Synonym: Odò Yemọja Ogun (a state of Nigeria)