Etymology 1
Possibly from Proto-Yoruboid *irṵ̀ or Proto-Yoruboid *ʊ-rʊ̃, cognate with Edo irọn
Noun
irun
- hair
Synonyms
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| Yoruba varieties and languages: irun (“hair”) |
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| Language family | Variety group | Variety/language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
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| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ào | Ìdóàní | irọn |
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| Eastern Àkókó | Ọ̀bà | Ọ̀bà Àkókó | irọn |
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| Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | iọn |
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| Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | urun, irọn |
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| Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | urun, irọn |
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| Ìkòròdú | urun, irọn |
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| Ṣágámù | urun, irọn |
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| Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | irọn |
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| Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | irọn |
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| Oǹdó | Oǹdó | iọn |
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| Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | irọn, iran |
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| Usẹn | Usẹn | irọn |
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| Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | urọn |
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| Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | irọn |
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| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ụnrụn |
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| Ìfàkì Èkìtì | ịrọn |
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| Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ụnrụn |
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| Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ụnrụn |
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| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | irun |
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| Ẹ̀gbádò | Ìjàká | irun |
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| Èkó | Èkó | irun |
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| Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | irun |
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| Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | irun |
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| Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | irun |
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| Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | irun |
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| Oǹkó | Òtù | irọn |
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| Ìwéré Ilé | iọn |
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| Òkèhò | irun |
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| Ìsẹ́yìn | irọn |
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| Ṣakí | irọn |
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| Tedé | irun |
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| Ìgbẹ́tì | irun |
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| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | irun |
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| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | irun |
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| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | irun |
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| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Gbẹ̀dẹ̀ | Ìyá Gbẹ̀dẹ̀ | irun |
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| Ìbùnú | Bùnú | irun |
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| Ìjùmú | Ìjùmú | irun |
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| Ìkìrì | Akutupa Kiri | irun |
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| Ìyàgbà | Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó | irun |
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| Owé | Kabba | irun |
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| Ọ̀wọ́rọ̀ | Lọ́kọ́ja | irun |
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| Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ana | Sokode | irɔ̃ |
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| Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú) | n̄rɔn |
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| Tchaourou | n̄rɔn |
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| Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Baàtɛ | irũ |
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| Ìdàácà | Benin | Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀) | irun |
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| Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | irun |
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| Onigbolo | irun |
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| Kétu/Ànàgó | Ìlárá | irọn |
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| Ìmẹ̀kọ | irọn |
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| Kétu | irun, irɔn |
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| Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | irɔ̃, nrũ |
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| Atakpamɛ | irũ |
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| Boko | irũ |
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| Moretan | irũ |
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| Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | irɔ̃ |
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| Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Kandi | nto |
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| Northern Nago | Kambole | enyɔ̃ |
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| Manigri | iyɔ̃ |
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| Southern Nago | Ìsakété | irun |
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| Ìfànyìn | irun |
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| Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo. |
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Derived terms
- gẹrun (“to cut hair”)
- irun abẹ́ (“pubic hair”)
- irun abíyá (“armpit hair”)
- irun ara (“body hair”)
- irun dídì (“braided hair”)
- irun imú (“nose hair, moustache”)
- irun inú imú (“nose hair”)
- irun kíkó (“threaded hair”)
- irun ojú (“eye brow”)
- irun orí (“head hair”)
- irun ètè (“moustache”)
- irun ìpéǹpéjú (“eyelashes”)
- irunmú (“moustache”)
- irùngbọ̀n (“beard”)
Etymology 2
Perhaps related to the root for five, see ọrún (“every five days”)
Noun
ìrun
- (Islam) salat (The obligatory prayer that Muslims are called to perform five times a day)