shugaba

Noun

Tilo shugaba

Jam'i shugabannai or shagwabai or shagwaba or shugabanni

Singular chief

Plural chiefs

1. chief, leader or president. <> sarki, shugaba.

   Shugaban Sashen Hausa na Muryar Amurka, Mr. Sunday Dare. <> Mr. Sunday Dare, the chief of Voice of America's Hausa-language service. [1]

   They came to the chief to resolve their dispute. <> Sun zo wajen shugaba don ya sassauta musunsu.

2. The head of an organization.