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Meaning of ajé | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
ā.d͡ʒé

Definitions

  1. wealth, money; economic success
  2. In the Yoruba religion, the concept of the biological, spiritual, and creative powers (or àṣẹ) of all women and mothers
  3. The orisha of wealth, economic enterprise, business, economic success in the Yoruba religion, believed to be a daughter of Olókun.
  4. A female figure with supernatural powers.
  5. witch, sorceress
    derogatory, proscribed

Examples

“They are believed to have powers of elemental, biological and artistic creation; healing; destruction; spiritual and physical development and fortification, this is the origin of the association with the term as being a witch.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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