Tigers are not found naturally in (West) Africa, they are native to India.

Ekun refers specifically to leopard but can be applied to big cats as a general term.

West African soldiers in the East Indies might have brought home stories about tigers they saw, and thus introduced the species into the lexicon (or Europeans might also have done so).

I think Tiger is cald "Ogidan" in yoruba

No its not.

i guess you just wanted us to know you dropped the name on nairaland.

Ogidan is the traditional name (oriki) of the Leopard. Just like ologini is the traditional name for cat. The full oriki is ogidan oloola iju, meaning ogidan-the one in the forest who has daggers, referring to the sharp claws of the leopard

please open a separate thread if you are discussing anything besides tigers.

The real meaning of Ekun is strong man. If someone is called Ekun, it means strong man. Omo ekun means child or children of a strong man or King. Ekun also means strong in Kemitic Egyptian.

I'm sure ogidan is oriki of lion not leopard

But wat is the meaning of "ogidan"?

I think Tiger is cald "Ogidan" in yoruba

Ogidan or Ekùn is the name for the leopard not tiger.
Leopard is found in sub-Saharan Africa but a tiger isn’t.