Iwarẹ

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• Ị̀àrẹ, Ụ̀àrẹ (Ekiti)
• Ùwàrẹ (Ijesha)
• Èghàrẹ, Èwàrẹ (Ondo, Idanre, Ìlàjẹ)

Etymology

From ì- +‎ wàrẹ, cognate with Edo Igharẹ, see cognates in other Yoruba-dialects, Ị̀àrẹ, Èghàrẹ, Ùwàrẹ, perhaps from the same root as ààrẹ (“leader, president”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.wà.ɾɛ̄/

Proper noun

Ìwàrẹ

1. the highest class of chiefs in a Yoruba town, the first six makeup a council known as the Ìwàrẹ̀fà

   Synonym: Ìwàrẹ̀fà

Noun

Ìwàrẹ

1. a high-ranking chief of a Yoruba town; a member of the Ìwàrẹ̀fà council of chiefs

Derived terms

• Ìwàrẹ̀fà